Jean Restout the Elder (15 November 1666, in
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,[Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population ...]
) was a French painter.
He was part of the
Restout The Restout family was a French dynasty of painters from Normandy, including the painters:
* Marguerin Restout and his sons:
** Marc Restout (1616–1684) and his sons:
*** Jacques Restout (1650–1701)
*** Eustache Restout (1655–1743), also a ...
dynasty of painters, studying under his father
Marguerin Restout. He is called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his son
Jean Restout the Younger
Jean Restout the Younger (26 March 1692 – 1 January 1768) was a French artist, who worked in painting and drawing. Although little remembered today, Restout was well-respected by his contemporaries for his religious compositions.
Biography
Rest ...
, an accomplished painter of religious images.
He married Marie Madeleine Jouvenet ( – before 1729), sister of the painter
Jean Jouvenet
Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1 May 1644 – 5 April 1717) was a French painter, especially of religious subjects.
Biography
He was born into an artistic family in Rouen. His first training in art was from his father, Laurent Jouvenet; a generation earl ...
, and his style resembles that of his brother-in-law so closely that many of Restout's paintings are misattributed to Jouvenet.
External links
References
*
Édouard Frère, ''Manuel du bibliographe normand'', Rouen, Le Brument, 1860
*
Philippe de Chennevières, ''Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de quelques peintres provinciaux de l'ancienne France'', Paris, Dumoulin, 1847–1862
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1666 births
1702 deaths
Artists from Caen
17th-century French painters
French male painters