Jean-Baptiste Courtois
Jean-Baptiste Courtois (* around 1627 in Saint-Hippolyte (Doubs) , Franche-Comté ) was an Italian church painter of French origin.
He was a son of the painter Jean-Pierre Courtois . He came to Rome in 1639 with his brothers Jacques and Guillaume .
Courtois entered the Capuchin Order (religious name Giovanni Antonio da Sant'Ipppolito) in 1659 . He decorated the Capuchin convent at Capo le Cae in Rome with devotional pictures. A copper engraving with a self-portrait of him is known, on which he is shown in a habit on his easel.
His works have only a modest artistic level.
literature
- Courtois, Jean-Baptist . 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. 593 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Sven-Wieland Staps: Cortese, Giovanni Francesco . 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. 366.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Courtois, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian church painter of French origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Hippolyte (Doubs) , Franche-Comté |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |