Jean Restout
Prayer of Christ in the Oil Garden , 1738 or 1739 by Pierre Imbert Drevet after an original by Jean Restout.
Jean Restout (born March 26, 1692 in Rouen , † January 1, 1768 in Paris ; also called Jean Restout II or Jean Restout the Younger ) was a French painter of early classicism . He came from a famous family of painters; his father was Jean Restout the Elder and his mother was a daughter of Jean Jouvenet . He influenced u. a. Maurice Quentin de La Tour .
literature
- Essai sur les principes de la peinture , Ed. Arthur-Richard-Rouxelin de Formigny de la Londe, Caen, Hardel, 1863
- Christine Gouzi, Jean Restout, 1692-1768: peintre d'histoire à Paris , Paris, Arthéna , Association pour la diffusion de l'histoire de l'art, 2000 ISBN 2903239274
- Artcyclopedia.com
- Safran-arts.com
- Web Gallery of Art
- Base Joconde du Ministère de la Culture
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Restout, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Restout, Jean II; Restout, Jean the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French neoclassicist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1768 |
| Place of death | Paris |