Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (b. 1724)
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (a.k.a. Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (a.k.a. Lagrenée the younger) was also a painter.

Lagrenée's notable career appointments included:

Court painter to Elizabeth, Empress of Russia.

Director of the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.

Director of the French Academy in Rome.

Professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

Honorary director-curator of the Louvre museum.In July 1804, Napoleon I conferred upon Lagrenée the rank of chevalier (Knight) of the Legion d'Honneur.Lagrenée died in June 1805, aged 80 years and 6 months.