Guillaume Courtois

Guillaume Courtois , also Cuglielmo Cortese and il Borgognone (* 1628 in Saint-Hippolyte (Doubs) , Franche-Comté , † June 14, 1679 in Rome ) was an Italian history and church painter of French origin.

Guillaume Courtois, son of the painter Jean-Pierre Courtois , came to Rome early and became a pupil of Pietro da Cortona , whose style he adopted. His first public works include the two frescoes from the life of Saint Mark on the nave walls of the Church of San Marco in Rome (last fresco on the right and first fresco on the left), which he carried out on behalf of the Venetian ambassador Niccolò Sagredo in 1653. In the same church he also painted the side frescoes in the stands and the murals in the chapel . In the church of San Giovanni in Lateran he painted a large altar fresco in the fifth chapel on the left. His teacher Cortona also procured him the commission of Pope Alexander VII to paint one of the frescoes in the gallery of the Quirinal Palace (the battle of Joshua , Jos 6 EU ). In the Basilica of Santa Prassede he painted the altarpiece of the first chapel on the left and the ceiling fresco in the second chapel on the right. In Sant'Andrea al Quirinale he painted the main altarpiece. His last work was the (now lost) main altar painting for the former church of Santa Marta at the Collegio Romano . He also worked as an etcher , but his graphic work did not achieve the same importance as his painting. Only one sheet is known, which he etched from his own design ( The Plague ).

Courtois was a member of the Accademia di San Luca since July 1, 1657 . He married Felice Renzi on September 22, 1672 and is buried in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte .

His brothers Jacques and Jean-Baptiste also gained prominence as artists.

literature

Oskar Pollak: Courtois, Guillaume . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 590-591 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Dieter Graf: Cortese, Guglielmo . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 21, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22761-2 , p. 367.

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personal data
SURNAME	Courtois, Guillaume
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian history and church painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1628
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Hippolyte (Doubs) , Franche-Comté
DATE OF DEATH	June 14, 1679
Place of death	Rome