Jean-Baptiste Martin (painter)

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Battle of Calcinato , 1707
Battle of Cassano , 1706
The royal stables seen from Versailles , 1688, Grand Trianon

Jean-Baptiste Martin (also Martin des Batailles , * 1659 in Paris ; † October 8, 1735 ibid) was a French battle and vedute painter .

life and work

Jean-Baptiste Martin was a pupil and imitator of Adam Frans van der Meulen . He became premier peintre de cônquetes du Roi and accompanied King Louis XIV and the Dauphin on their campaigns in 1688/89 and 1691/92 ( War of the Palatinate Succession ). He painted sieges and battles as well as views of the royal castles. He adorned the four refectories of the Hôtel des Invalides with frescoes with views of the fortresses conquered by King Louis XIV and, in 1710/12, commissioned Duke Leopold of Lorraine to create a series of 20 depictions with scenes from the life of his father, Duke Charles V. from Lorraine .

Works by Jean-Baptiste Martin can now be found in the museums of Caen , Dijon , Dole , Douai , Marseille , Metz , Montpellier , Munich ( Bavarian National Museum ), Paris Louvre , Rouen , Tours , Valenciennes , Versailles Palace and in Vienna Army History Museum .

Works (excerpt)

  • The battle of Cassano . Oil on canvas, 1706, approx. 50 × 70 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
  • The Battle of Calcinato . Oil on canvas, 1707, approx. 50 × 70 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
  • Portrait of Maria Leszczyńska , around 1725, oil on canvas, Musée d'Ile-de-France, Sceaux Castle
  • Le Prince de Conti à la chasse en vue du Château de Vincennes , 1724, oil on canvas, Versailles
  • Cavalry battle , oil on canvas, 73 × 92 cm, private collection
  • The royal stables as seen from the Palace of Versailles , around 1688/90, oil on canvas, 260 × 184 cm, Palace of Versailles
  • View of the Orangery of Versailles , around 1688/90, oil on canvas, Versailles
  • The Siege of Namur , oil on canvas, Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord, Périgueux .

literature

  • Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Visual Artists from Antiquity to the Present , Volume 24, Leipzig 1930, p. 159

Web links

Commons : Jean-Baptiste Martin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present , Volume 24, Leipzig 1930, p. 159.
  2. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall II - The 18th Century to 1790 . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1983, ISBN 3-7023-4012-2 , p. 24
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Jean-Baptiste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin des Batailles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French battle and vedute painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1735
Place of death Paris