Karel la Fargue (1738–1793), was an 18th-century Dutch painter from the northern Netherlands.

He was born in The Hague to Jan Thomas la Fargue and was the younger brother of Paulus Constantijn la Fargue. His other siblings Maria Margaretha, Jacob Elias and Isaac Lodewijk also became painters. In 1768 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, along with his brother Isaac. He is known for topographical views like his older brother. He died in The Hague.

Karel la Fargue

In 1998, over 200 years after his death he was unmasked as a prolific forger of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings all detailed in the Oud Holland Magazine.

Karel la Fargue

References

Karel la Fargue on Artnet

1738 births

1793 deaths

18th-century Dutch painters

18th-century Dutch male artists

Dutch male painters

People from Voorburg

Painters from The Hague

Karel la Fargue