French 1758-1823 Pierre Paul Prud'hon Gallery Related Paintings of Pierre-Paul Prud hon :. | Portrat der Kaiserin Josephine | Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck with his Wife and Children | Portrat der Kaiserin Josephine | Triumph Bonapartes oder Der Frieden | Portrait of the King of Rome | Related Artists:
Meliore di JacopoItalian, active ca.1260-1271
Jean-Baptiste SanterreFrench 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
Rae IsoMelbourn 1860-Brighton 1940