Isaac Moillon (1614-1673)

• Was a French Baroque painter.
• His father, the painter Nicolas Moillon, died when he was only five years old.
• His mother married another painter, François Garnier, who specialized in still-lifes.

• His sister, Louise Moillon, would become one of the best known still-life painters of that period.

• His first works date from 1634 to 1637.
• Between 1638 and 1640, he created decorations, mostly of a military nature, in the Hôtel Bautru.
• He was named a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1655.

• As a painter to the King, he created several designs for tapestries, including a few on the history of Achilles.

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