Jean-Baptiste Descamps

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Jean-Baptiste Descamps (born August 28, 1706 in Dunkerque , North Department , † June 30, 1791 in Rouen , Seine-Maritime Department ) was a French painter and writer .

Life

Descamps was a student of Nicolas de Largillière in Paris and then settled in Rouen . He liked to paint domestic and rural scenes, but is known less for his pictures than for his books.

Works (selection)

photos
  • La Vie des Peintres Flamands
  • Le Voyage Pittoresque
Books
  • La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais . Minkoff, Geneva 1972 (3 vols., Reprint of the Paris edition 1753/63).
  • Journey through Flanders and Brabant ("Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant"). Schwickert Verlag, Leipzig 1771.

Web links

Commons : Jean-Baptiste Descamps  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to Oxford art online
personal data
SURNAME Descamps, Jean-Baptiste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunkerque , North Department
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1791
Place of death Rouen , Seine-Maritime department