Jean LeClerc (painter)
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Portrait of Jean LeClerc by Anthony van Dyck
Jean LeClerc (1587/88 – buried 20 October 1633) was a 17th-century painter from the Duchy of Lorraine. His style was Baroque, or more specifically "tenebrist". Only six authenticated paintings remain of LeClerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.
LeClerc was born and died at Nancy. He studied with the Venetian master Carlo Saraceni. LeClerc is known for his mastery of nocturnal light effects, and the luminosity of his scenes.
Jean LeClerc, Singers
References[]
- Myers, Bernard S. (1969) "Le Clerc, Jean (1587?-1633)" McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art McGraw-Hill, New York;
- Gealt, Adelheid M. (1993) Painting of the Golden Age: a biographical dictionary of seventeenth-century European painters Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, ISBN 0-313-24310-7 ;
- Langmuir, Erika and Lynton, Norbert (2000) "LeClerc, Jean" The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists Yale University Press, New Haven, CT;
External links[]
Media related to Jean LeClerc (painter) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1580s births
- 1633 deaths
- French Baroque painters
- People from Nancy, France
- People from Lorraine (duchy)
- French male painters
- Caravaggisti