Claude Deruet (1588–1660) was a
Baroque
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painter of the 17th century, from the city of
Nancy.
Biography
Deruet was an apprentice to
Jacques Bellange, the official court painter to
Charles III
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, Duke of Lorraine. He was in
Rome
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between ca. 1612 and 1619, where - according to
André Félibien - he studied with the painter and etcher
Antonio Tempesta. During his stay in Rome, he painted the Japanese samurai
Hasekura Tsunenaga on a visit to Europe in 1615.
Deruet was made a noble by the Duke of Lorraine in 1621, and was then made a Knight of the Order of St Michel in 1645 by Louis XIII, who had in 1641 absorbed most of Lorraine into
France
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. He had a luxurious residence in
Nancy, named La Romaine, where
Louis XIII and his Queen stayed in 1633.
Claude Lorrain was an apprentice to Claude Deruet in 1623 for one year. He also married and had two sons, one of whom became a painter.
American architect
DeWitt H. Fessenden wrote a biography of Deruet, ''The Life and Works of Claude Deruet'', in 1952.
References
See also
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French Renaissance
Image:Hasekura in Rome.JPG, Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome, 1615.
Image:Departure of the Amazons MET DP318355.jpg, "Departure of the Amazons", 1620.
Image:Deruet-Road_to_Calvary-1620.jpg, "Road to Calvary", 1620.
1588 births
1660 deaths
17th-century painters from the Holy Roman Empire
People from the duchy of Lorraine
Baroque painters
Artists from Nancy, France
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