Karel la Fargue (1738–1793), was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
He was born in The Hague to Jan Thomas la Fargue and was the younger brother of Paulus Constantijn la Fargue.[1] His other siblings Maria Margaretha, Jacob Elias and Isaac Lodewijk also became painters.[1]In 1768 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura, along with his brother Isaac.[1]He is known for topographical views like his older brother. He died in The Hague.
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.[2]