# David des Granges

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**David des Granges** (baptised 1611, d. in or before c.1672) was an Anglo-French miniature painter.

## Life

The son of Samson de Granges and his wife Marie Bouvier, he was baptised twice, first on 24 March 1611, at the French church on [Threadneedle Street](/source/Threadneedle_Street), with Esther des Granges the wife of [Elias Le Tellier](/source/Elias_Le_Tellier) as witness,[1] and later at [St Ann Blackfriars](/source/St_Ann_Blackfriars). He married in 1636 and moved from the parish of St Ann Blackfriars to [Long Acre](/source/Long_Acre), where he was living again at the end of his life, c.1672.[2]

Des Granges was initially influenced as a miniature painter by [John Hoskins](/source/John_Hoskins_(painter)) and [Peter Oliver](/source/Peter_Oliver_(painter)). Contemporaries attest that he worked also as an engraver, and in oils; he is thought to have been involved in the copying of miniatures, a form of production that became important with the outbreak of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War) and the demand for tokens of loyalty. Des Granges was with [Charles II](/source/Charles_II_of_England) in Scotland in the early 1650s, copying a likeness of Charles by [Adriaen Hanneman](/source/Adriaen_Hanneman).[2]

After the [English Restoration](/source/English_Restoration) of 1660, Des Granges was influenced by the court painter [Jacob Huysmans](/source/Jacob_Huysmans), and possibly also [Samuel Cooper](/source/Samuel_Cooper_(painter)). He was considered a leading artist of his time, but his authentic works are not now easy to identify.[2]

## Notes

1. William Moens, *Registers of the French Church*, 1 (Lymington: Huguenot Society, 1896), p. 81.

1. Murdoch, John. "Des Granges, David". 7545.

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