Jean Jouvenet

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Jean Jouvenet was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his large-scale religious compositions and influential role in the artistic life of late 17th- and early 18th-century France.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter
French Baroque painter
human
painter
activePeriod early 18th century
late 17th century
artisticStyle French Baroque
burialPlace Paris
commissionedFor Notre-Dame de Paris
Palace of Versailles
churches in Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1644-05-01
dateOfDeath 1717-04-05
employer Louis XIV
father Laurent Jouvenet
gender male
genre religious painting
influenced French religious painting
early 18th-century French art
late 17th-century French art
knownFor dramatic use of light and shadow
dynamic compositions
expressive religious narratives
memberOf Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
movement Baroque
name Jean Jouvenet NERFINISHED
nationality French
notableFor large-scale religious compositions
notableWork The Descent from the Cross
The Institution of the Eucharist
The Magnificat
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
The Presentation in the Temple
The Raising of Lazarus
The Triumph of Justice
The Visitation
occupation painter
patron Louis XIV
placeOfBirth France
Normandy
Rouen NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath France
Paris
positionHeld professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
trainedBy Laurent Jouvenet
workLocation Paris
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