- Jean Restout
Jean Restout (
26 March 1692 -1 January 1768 ) was a French Neoclassical painter.Biography
Jean Restout was born in
Rouen , the son of Jean Restout, the first of that name, and of Marie M. Jouvenet, sister and pupil of the then well-knownJean Jouvenet .In 1717, the Royal Academy having elected him a member on his work for the , he remained in
Paris , instead of proceeding toItaly , exhibited at all the salons, and filled successively every post of academical distinction. His works, chieflyaltar-piece s (Louvre Museum), ceilings and designs forGobelin tapestries, were engraved by Cochin, Drevet and others; his diploma picture may still be seen at St Cloud.His son, Jean Bernard Restout (1732 - 1797), won the Grand Prix in 1758, and on his return from Italy was received into the Academy; but his refusal to comply with rules led to a quarrel with that body. Roland appointed him keeper of the Garde Meuble, but this piece of favor nearly cost him his life during the Terror.
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