French Baroque Era Painter, 1651-1717 The 12th child of a merchant, he was apprenticed to the portrait painter Jean Lemaire before entering the busy studio of the history painter Bon Boullogne. Although he executed some history paintings, he began to specialize in portraiture early in his career. The Portrait of Two Actresses (1699; St Petersburg, Hermitage), clearly influenced by Fran?ois de Troy, shows Santerre's interest in the well-known portrait painters of his time. Nevertheless, he was among the first painters in France to absorb the influence of Rembrandt, as in Young Girl at a Window (Orl?ans, Mus. B.-A.; after Rembrandt, London, Dulwich Pict. Gal.). In such portraits as Girl with a Veil   Related Paintings of Jean-Baptiste Santerre :. | Portrait of Marie | A Young Woman in a Shawl | Jean Baptiste Santerre | Self portrait | Portrait of Marie-Adelaide of Savoy |
Related Artists:
FERRETTI, Giovanni Domenico
Italian painter, Florentine school (1692-1747)
John Wollaston
English-born American Rococo Era Painter, active 1742-1775
Antwerp of Leiden
ca.1500/50