- Jean-Baptiste Santerre
Jean-Baptiste Santerre (
1650 -November 21 ,1717 ), French painter, was born at Magny, nearPontoise , and was a pupil ofBon Boullogne .Biography
He began life as a portrait-painter, and enjoyed for half a century a great reputation as a painter of the nude. He died at Paris on
21 November 1717 .His "Portrait of a Lady in Venetian Costume" (
Louvre ), and his "Susanna at the Bath" (Louvre), the diploma work executed by him in 1704, when he was received into the Academy, give a good impression of Santerre's taste and of his elaborate and careful method.Paintings
"Woman Pulling a Curtain",
Paris , Galerie Eric Coatalem"Two Actresses",
St Petersburg ,Hermitage Museum "Suzanne au bain",
Louvre ."Portrait dit de la Marquise de Moulins-Rochefort en costume venitien"
Louvre "Jeune femme à la lettre", Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
"Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1658-1717)" (self-portrait),
Versailles , Musée National du Château et des Trianons"Marie-Adelaide de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne (1685-1712)",
Versailles , Musée National du Château et des Trianons"Philippe d'Orleans, regent, et Marie Madeleine de la Vieuville, Comtesse de Parabere (1693-1755)",
Versailles , Musée National du Château et des Trianons."Sainte Therese en extase",
Versailles , Musée National du Château et des Trianons"La cuisiniere",
Le Mans , Musée de Tessé"Portrait de Nicolas Boileau",
Lyon , Musée des beaux-arts"Jeune fumeur",
Chambéry , Musée des beaux-arts"Mlle. Desmares"
"Jean Racine"
"Young Woman Wearing a Shawl"
"La Comtesse de Bersac"
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