Louis-Abraham van Loo

Louis-Abraham received painting and fresco commissions from the church and from a number of enclosed religious orders in Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Grasse, Majorca and Nice.

He also received commissions to complete the fine decoration (including paintings for the officer's quarters) of several ships of the Marine Royale (French Navy) at Toulon.

Both boys ceased attending the courses, though a year later, in 1671, each won a prize at the salon exhibition in the Palais du Louvre.

However, studies published in the years 1985 and 2000 suggested that Louis' work was difficult to distinguish from typical baroque mannerist paintings of his era, which explains why an assessment of his oeuvre has always been problematic.

It was demonstrated that even during his quietest final thirteen years, Louis had scattered a number of paintings among the grand houses of Provence and Northern Italy.