Jean Restout the Elder
Portrait of the Jansenite Tournus, Carnavalet Museum
Jean Restout the Elder (born November 15, 1666 in Caen , † October 20, 1702 in Rouen ) was a French painter.
Life
Jean Restout the Elder comes from a well-known family of artists and was tutored by his father Marguerin Restout . He married Magdeleine Jouvenet from a well-known family of artists based in Rouen. His style is so similar to that of his brother-in-law Jean Jouvenet that it is difficult to tell their images apart.
Jean Restout died young, leaving behind a son who would become the most famous painter of the Restout family of artists, Jean Restout the Younger .
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| SURNAME | Restout, Jean the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1666 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1702 |
| Place of death | Rouen |