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Jean-Baptiste Deshays
French Baroque Era Painter, 1729-1765
was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects.His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole Gratuite de Dessin. He spent time in Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont's Paris studio from around 1740 to 1749 and Jean Restout II's from late 1749 to 1751. Both these had been pupils of Jean Jouvenet, and painted in the Grand Style of French history painting, a style Deshays adopted as his own. While he was in Restout's studio, Deshays entered the Prix de Rome competition, winning second prize in 1750 with His 1750 Laban Giving his Daughter in Marriage to Jacob won the second prize in the Grand Prix de Rome, and his 1751 Job on the Dung-hill the first prize. Deshays served the compulsory three years training at the Ecole des Eleves Prot??g??s (where he learnt from Carle van Loo, its director, and attracted some religious commissions, including two vast canvases, a Visitation and an Annunciation, for the monastery of the Visitation at Rouen), before going to Rome.
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Jean-Baptiste Deshays
mk53
c.1763
sketch,
oil on canvas
104x62cm
Douai,Musee de la Chartreuse
Painting ID:: 26688
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Jean-Baptiste_Deshays
mk53
c.1763
sketch,
oil on canvas
104x62cm
Douai,Musee de la Chartreuse
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A Herd of Bison Crossing the Missouri River
mk160
1863
Oil on canvas
36x72
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund
Painting ID:: 41449
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A_Herd_of_Bison_Crossing_the_Missouri_River
mk160
1863
Oil on canvas
36x72
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund
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Hector Exposed on the Banks of the Xanthus River
Oil on canvas,
244 x 180 cm
Painting ID:: 43831
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Hector_Exposed_on_the_Banks_of_the_Xanthus_River
Oil on canvas,
244 x 180 cm
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The Flight into Egypt
second half of 18th century
Medium Oil sketch on paper
cyf
Painting ID:: 89150
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The_Flight_into_Egypt
second half of 18th century
Medium Oil sketch on paper
cyf
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Pygmalion et Galatee
18e sixcle
Medium oil on canvas
cjr
Painting ID:: 89590
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Pygmalion_et_Galatee
18e sixcle
Medium oil on canvas
cjr
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Jean-Baptiste_Deshays
French Baroque Era Painter, 1729-1765
was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects.His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole Gratuite de Dessin. He spent time in Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont's Paris studio from around 1740 to 1749 and Jean Restout II's from late 1749 to 1751. Both these had been pupils of Jean Jouvenet, and painted in the Grand Style of French history painting, a style Deshays adopted as his own. While he was in Restout's studio, Deshays entered the Prix de Rome competition, winning second prize in 1750 with His 1750 Laban Giving his Daughter in Marriage to Jacob won the second prize in the Grand Prix de Rome, and his 1751 Job on the Dung-hill the first prize. Deshays served the compulsory three years training at the Ecole des Eleves Prot??g??s (where he learnt from Carle van Loo, its director, and attracted some religious commissions, including two vast canvases, a Visitation and an Annunciation, for the monastery of the Visitation at Rouen), before going to Rome.
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