Pierre Denis Martin was a French painter who lived between 1663 and 1742 and preferred to paint historical subjects, battle and hunting motifs and architectural depictions. He is particularly known for his depiction of the Château de Versailles and the Château de Compiègne. Aerial photographs played a prominent role in his architectural pictures, as he wanted to portray building complexes and the parks that belong to them in their entirety. His oil paintings are characterised by delicate shades of gold, green and soft blue, which lend his paintings, and in particular landscape and architectural representations, something solemn yet naturally light.
The depiction of battles also belongs to the repertoire of the French painter, who captured the Battle of Lesnaya in an impressive painting. Here too, the depiction of the landscape is in the foreground, while the battle is observed from a distance. As in some of his architectural representations, such as the painting Le Chateau de Pontchartrain, a group of riders or walkers often directs the view to the landscape behind them. In this landscape, the battle or the building blends in harmoniously. Especially in the case of the architectural paintings it was important to the French artist to immortalize the garden art in the overall composition, as it completes the building and anchors it in the landscape.
Pierre Denis Martin is a prime example of French historicism. His architectural and battle depictions always served the higher purpose of depicting the glory of the royal dynasty or nobility of the time. Not infrequently, his paintings glow in delicate gold, which is the result of the sun's rays shining down on the portrayed scene. Many of his works of art are influenced by the horticultural art of his epoch. Martin worked for a time with Andre Le Notre, an architect and horticulturalist whose stylistic influence is always evident in Martin's works. The painter's aim was to precisely transfer the horticultural art of world-famous gardens such as that of Versailles or the Tuileries and to capture it on canvas for eternity. Landscapes, architectural monuments and horticulture are the focus of his work, while even famous people always have to shy away from this grandiosity.
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.jpg "General view of the Chateau and the Pavilions at Marly, 1722 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Battle of Poltava, engraved by one of the Nicolas Larmessin family by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_Capture_of_Dole_in_Franche-Comte_by_King_Loui_-_(MeisterDrucke-982327).jpg "The War of Devolution (1667-1668): Capture of Dole in Franche-Comte by King Louis XIV, February 16 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Paris from the Quai de la Rapee (detail) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Château de Fontainebleau by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the City of Rouen Taken from Saint Sever by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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 after his coronation 26th October 1722 1724 - (MeisterDrucke-92252).jpg "The procession of King Louis XV after his coronation, 26th October 1722 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Louis XIV at the Siege of Besançon in May 1674 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Groves of the Baths of Apollo in the Gardens of Versailles by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Paris, taken from the Quai de la Rapee in 1716 (Detail) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Exit of Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Effendi from the Sublime Porte after the audience granted by King Louis XV on 21/03/1721 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Château de Fontainebleau by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Fontainebleau Castle by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Feast of the Sacre of Louis XV at the Archiepiscopal Palace of Reims by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Visit of King Louis XIV to the Church of the Royal Hotel des Invalides by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Paris, Taken from the Quai de la Rapee in 1716 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Perspective View of the Castle and Gardens of Trianon: Promenade of King Louis XV on Horseback by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_Hunting_at_Marly_with_a_a_View_of_Chateau_Vieux_de_Saint_G_-_(MeisterDrucke-65051).jpg "Louis XIV Hunting at Marly with a View of Chateau Vieux de Saint Germain by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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 at the Palais Archiepiscopal in Rheims 25th October 1722 1722 - (MeisterDrucke-97358).jpg "Feast Given After the Coronation of Louis XV at the Palais Archiepiscopal in Rheims by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Prospective View of the Gardens of the Grand Trianon in Versailles by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Battle of Fleurus, 1st July 1690 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Equestrian Portrait of King John III Sobieski of Poland by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Battle of Lesnaya in 1708 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_in_carriage_le_-_(MeisterDrucke-960862).jpg "Perspective View of the Castle of Marly, King Louis XV Leaves the Castle by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Chateau de Meudon from the Side of the Avenue by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-679940).jpg "The Battle of Zurawno (1676) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the city of Rouen taken from Saint Sever (detail) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Paris, taken from the Quai de la Rapee in 1716 (detail). Painting by Pierre Denis Martin. Paris, Musee Carnavalet by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Grove of the Baths of Apollo in the Gardens of Versailles (detail of Louis XIV) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Battle of Poltava, engraved by one of the Nicolas Larmessin family by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the basin of Apollo and the Grand Canal of Versailles in 1713 (detail) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Orangerie at Versailles by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Palace of Fontainebleau from the Parterre of the Tiber by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-135346).jpg "View of the Fountain Obelisk in the Gardens of Versailles (Louis XIV promenade) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The reception of Francois Pidou de Saint Olon, Ambassador of King Louis XIV of France, by Sultan Moulay Ismael of Morocco on 19 June 1693 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Marly Machine and the Aqueduct at Louveciennes, 1722 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Fontainebleau Castle by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Machine of the Aqueduct of Marly Installed in Bougival (Detail) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-679942).jpg "The Battle of Zurawno (1676) by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Louis XV as a Child Riding Near the Grand Trianon by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Cavalcade Leading Louis XV to the Abbey Saint Remy of Reims by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Battle of Esztergom by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of Rouen from Saint-Sever by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_child_in_carri_-_(MeisterDrucke-1000503).jpg "Perspective view of the castle of Marly, King Louis XV (1710-1774) child in carriage passes in front of the watering trough by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_and_his_Entourage_Visiting_Les_Invalides_26th_August_1706_-_(MeisterDrucke-35163).jpg "Louis XIV and His Entourage Visiting Les Invalides, 26th August 1706 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Perspective View of a Castle and a Park a la Francaise by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Chateau de Chambord, the Regent Philippe II Duke of Orleans Gives Orders for Hunting by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Turkish Envoy Mehmet Efendi leaves the Tuileries Garden after an audience with the French King Louis XV in 1721 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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_leaving_the_bed_of_justice_held_at_the_Palais_de_Justi_-_(MeisterDrucke-961750).jpg "King Louis XV leaving the bed of justice held at the Palais de Justice in Paris on 12/09/1715. Painting by Pierre Denis Martin, 1715. Paris, Musee Carnavalet by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Battle of Lviv by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "Departure of Louis XV after the bed of justice breaking the will of Louis XIV, held in the Grand Chamber of the Parliament of Paris by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "View of the Grand Trianon, 1722 by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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.jpg "The Ceremonial Procession of Mehemet Effendi, Ambassador from the Ottoman Empire by Pierre-Denis Martin")
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