Jean Jouvenet
Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʒuvnɛ]; 1 May 1644 – 5 April 1717) was a French painter, especially of religious subjects.
Jean Jouvenet | |
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Portrait of Jouvenet from 1699 by Academy member Jean Tortebat | |
| Born | 1 May 1644 Rouen, France |
| Died | 5 April 1717 (aged 72) Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting |
| Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1705–1708 | |
| Monarch | Louis XIV |
| Preceded by | Antoine Coysevox |
| Succeeded by | François de Troy |
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