French Baroque Era Painter, 1651-1717 The 12th child of a merchant, he was apprenticed to the portrait painter Jean Lemaire before entering the busy studio of the history painter Bon Boullogne. Although he executed some history paintings, he began to specialize in portraiture early in his career. The Portrait of Two Actresses (1699; St Petersburg, Hermitage), clearly influenced by Fran?ois de Troy, shows Santerre's interest in the well-known portrait painters of his time. Nevertheless, he was among the first painters in France to absorb the influence of Rembrandt, as in Young Girl at a Window (Orl?ans, Mus. B.-A.; after Rembrandt, London, Dulwich Pict. Gal.). In such portraits as Girl with a Veil   Related Paintings of Jean-Baptiste Santerre :. | Portrait of Maria Adelaide of Savoy | Portrait de Louise Adeaide d'Orleans | Susanna at the Bath | A Young Woman in a Shawl | Portrait of Marie |
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John brett,ARA
1830-1902
FERRETTI, Giovanni Domenico
Italian painter, Florentine school (1692-1747)
James Abbot McNeill Whistler
b Lowell MA 1834 d London 1903