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Jean LeClerc (painter)
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Jean LeClerc was a 17th century painter from the Duchy of Lorraine. His style was Baroque
, or more specifically "tenebrist
". Only six authenticated paintings remain of Leclerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.
Leclerc was born and died at Nancy. He studied with the Venetian master Carlo Saraceni
. Le Clerc is known for his mastery of nocturnal light effects, and the luminosity of his scenes.
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
, or more specifically "tenebrist
Tenebrism
Tenebrism, from the Italian tenebroso , is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image...
". Only six authenticated paintings remain of Leclerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.
Leclerc was born and died at Nancy. He studied with the Venetian master Carlo Saraceni
Carlo Saraceni
Carlo Saraceni was an Italian early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968....
. Le Clerc is known for his mastery of nocturnal light effects, and the luminosity of his scenes.