Karel la Fargue

View of Burchvliet House and the new toll bridge at Rijswijk

Karel la Fargue (1738–1793), was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.

He was born in The Hague to Jan Thomas la Fargue and was the younger brother of Paulus Constantijn la Fargue.[1] His other siblings Maria Margaretha, Jacob Elias and Isaac Lodewijk also became painters.[1] In 1768 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, along with his brother Isaac.[1] He is known for topographical views like his older brother. He died in The Hague.

In 1998, over 200 years after his death he was unmasked as a prolific forger of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings all detailed in the Oud Holland Magazine.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Karel la Fargue in the RKD
  2. ^ Dumas, Charles, and Michiel C. Plomp. “Karel La Fargue (1738-1793) as a Forger of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings.” Oud Holland, vol. 112, no. 1, 1998, pp. 1–76. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711586. Accessed 17 Jan. 2023.
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