Jean Jouvenet

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Jean Jouvenet: self-portrait

Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (* 1644 in Rouen , † 5. April 1717 in Paris ) was a French painter of Classicism . He is one of the main representatives of religious painting in France.

Life

He was the most prominent representative of a Rouen- based family of painters and sculptors. In 1661 he joined the workshop of Charles Le Brun in Paris and was employed by him from at least 1669 in the furnishing of several castles, such as the ( Palais des Tuileries , the Castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the Versailles ) .

From 1685 Jean Jouvenet created mainly paintings with religious subjects for churches and monasteries in Paris and in the provinces, but also several large mythological works for the Great Trianon in Versailles and the castles of Marly and Meudon .

The painter was 1694-1709 instrumental in the facilities of the Parliament of Rennes and the now somewhat misleading Invalides mentioned Chapelle Royale of the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris and the chapel at Versailles . He also designed numerous cardboard boxes for picture knitting , primarily for the Paris tapestry manufactory .

Paralysis forced him to paint with his left hand in the last years of his life. He died on April 5, 1717 in Paris and was buried there in the church of St-Sulpice de Paris .

Works (selection)

  • ????: Saint Bruno in prayer (Stockholm)
  • ????: Goddess of victory supported by Hercules ( Versailles , Palace , Salon de Mars)
  • 1690: Louis XIV heals the scrofulous ( Saint-Riquier , monastery church)
  • 1697: Descent from the Cross (Paris, Louvre )
  • 1701: Apollo and Thetis (Versailles, Trianon)
  • 1706: The Resurrection of Lazarus (Paris, Louvre)
  • 1706: The miraculous haul of fish (Paris, Louvre)
  • 1708: Saint Louis cares for the wounded after the Battle of Mansourah (Versailles, palace chapel)

gallery

  • Descent from the Cross
    Hermitage
    St. Petersburg

  • The upbringing of the Virgin
    Uffizi
    Florence

  • Portrait Dr Raymond Finot
    Musee du Louvre
    Paris

  • The Resurrection of Lazarus
    Musée du Louvre
    Paris

literature

  • Antoine Schnapper: Jean Jouvenet, 1644 - 1717 Rouen 1966
  • Antoine Schnapper: Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) et la peinture d'histoire à Paris Paris 1974

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personal data
SURNAME Jouvenet, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jouvenet, Jean-Baptiste (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French classicism painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1717
Place of death Paris