Claude-Guy Hallé

Claude-Guy Hallé
Portrait of Hallé from 1725 by Académie member Jean Le Gros
Born14 January 1652
Died5 November 1736(1736-11-05) (aged 84)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Known forPainting
Notable workAdam's Transgression
The Restoration of the Catholic Religion in Strasbourg
ChildrenNoël Hallé
Marie-Anne Hallé
Parents
AwardsPrix de Rome (1675)
Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1733–1735
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byLouis de Boullogne
Succeeded byGuillaume Coustou

Claude-Guy Hallé (French pronunciation: [klod ɡi ale]; 14 January 1652, Paris 5 November 1736, Paris) was a French painter, draughtsman, and illustrator.