Étienne Peson
Étienne Peson (c. 1485–1551) was a primitive painter from Marseille, France.
Biography[]
Étienne Peson was probably born between 1480 and 1490. Hie died in 1551. He married Jacomette de Crosille (or Jaquemette). They had three children who are known. A son, Jean, also painted. Two daughters, Delphine and Marguerite, both married on 30 March 1533 to Pierre Natte and Pierre Dodon respectively.[1] His work is mainly known from different customer contracts that survive. They show that he had a flourishing career between 1520 and 1530.[2]
Works[]
Surviving works that are known to be by Étienne Peson are:
- La pieta entre saint François et Saint Jérôme in the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. This work is described in a contract of 16 March 1515 with Antoine Dupin for the church of Saint-Jérôme, Marseille area.
- The altarpiece for Olivier Monet, priest of Saint-Chamas, was painted by Étienne Peson. The sculptor is anonymous. This work, described in a contract of 25 January 1519, is located in the parish church of Saint-Chamas.[3]
- A Pieta with St. Francis in the parish church of Pignans.
References[]
Citations
- ^ Labande 1932, p. 134.
- ^ Varrot 2012.
- ^ retable : visitation.
Sources
- Labande, Léon-Honorétitle=Les primitifs français - Peintres et peintres-verriers de la Provence occidentale (1932). (in French). I. Marseille: Tacussel. p. 258. Missing or empty
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- Varrot, Patrick (June 2012). "Étienne Peson, peintre des années 1520 à Marseille". Marseille, revue culturelle de la ville de Marseille (237): 82–87.
Categories:
- Gothic art
- Renaissance painters
- 1551 deaths
- 15th-century French painters
- French male painters
- 16th-century French painters
- Artists from Marseille
- 1480s births
- French painter stubs