Pierre Le Tellier (1614, Vernon – c. 1702,

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) was a French painter. Nephew and student of

Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the Classicism, classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and ...

, Pierre Le Tellier spent 14 years at his side in Rome. He painted many paintings distinguished for their simplicity of composition, six of which are now in the

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– ''Vision de saint Bernard'', ''Apparition de Jésus à saint Pierre'', ''Siméon et l’enfant Jésus'', ''Le repos en Égypte'', ''Saint Joseph et l’enfant Jésus'', ''Trois anges'', ''Jésus et saint Pierre'', ''Christ mort'', ''Notre Dame du rosaire'' and ''Les pèlerins d’Emmaüs''.

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* Philippe de Chennevières, ''Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de quelques peintres provinciaux de l'ancienne France'', Paris, Dumoulin, 1847–1862 1614 births 1702 deaths People from the Province of Normandy 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists {{france-painter-stub