Jacques Restout
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Jacques Restout was a French painter of the Restout
dynasty (the son of Marc Restout
) and a Premonstratensian
canon regular. Born in Caen
, he was a student of Le Tellier
and became prior of the abbaye de Moncets near Reims
.
Restout
The Restout family was a French dynasty of painters from Normandy, including the painters:* Marguerin Restout and his sons:** Marc Restout, and his sons:*** Jacques Restout,...
dynasty (the son of Marc Restout
Marc Restout
Marc Restout was a French painter. The son of Marguerin Restout, he belonged to the famous Restout dynasty of painters. He was a prolific painter and won a major reputation in Flanders, Holland and Rome, having accompanied Poussin to Rome in 1642...
) and a Premonstratensian
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg...
canon regular. Born in Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, he was a student of Le Tellier
Pierre Le Tellier
Pierre Le Tellier was a French painter. Nephew and student of Poussin, Pierre Le Tellier spent 14 years at his side in Rome....
and became prior of the abbaye de Moncets near Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
.
Works
- La Réforme de la Peinture, Caen, J. Briard, 1681
- Traité de l’harmonie des sons
- Translation of PausaniasPausanias (geographer)Pausanias was a Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece , a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, and is a crucial link between classical...
, surviving in manuscript form - Translation of a treatise on the painting on the ancients by JuniusJuniusJunius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of letters to the Public Advertiser, from 21 January 1769 to 21 January 1772. The signature had been already used, apparently by him, in a letter of 21 November 1768...
, surviving in manuscript form