Karel la Fargue

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] Like his older brother, he is known for topographical views. He died in The Hague.

More than 200 years after his death, he was unmasked in 1998 as a prolific forger of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings, as described in the magazine Oud Holland.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Karel la Fargue Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine 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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