[or Boullongne]. Name of a family of French painters. Louis (1609–1674), who was one of the original members of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648), became celebrated under Louis XIV. His traditions were continued by his children: Geneviève (1645–1708), who married the sculptor Jacques Clérion; Madeleine (1646–1710), whose work survives in the Trophées d’armes at Versailles; Bon (1649–1717), a successful teacher and decorative artist; and Louis the younger (1654–1733), who copied Raphael’s cartoons for the Gobelins tapestry, and besides taking a high place as a painter was also a designer of medals.
