Jean I Restout
The Magnanimity of Scipio (1728)
Jean Restout (15 November 1666, in Caen – 20 October 1702, in Rouen) was a French painter. He was part of the Restout dynasty of painters, studying under his father . He is also known as Jean I Restout or Jean Restout the elder to distinguish him from his son Jean II Restout (also an artist).
He married Magdeleine Jouvenet, sister of Jean Jouvenet, and his style resembles that of his brother-in-law so closely that many of Restout's paintings are misattributed to Jouvenet.
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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
- People from Caen
- 17th-century French painters
- French male painters