Jean-Baptiste Santerre

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Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1650 - November 21, 1717), French painter, was born at Magny, near Pontoise, and was a pupil of Bon Boullogne.

[edit] Biography

He began life as a portrait-painter, and enjoyed for half a century a great reputation as a painter of the nude. He died at Paris on 21 November 1717.

His "Portrait of a Lady in Venetian Costume" (Louvre), and his "Susanna at the Bath" (Louvre), the diploma work executed by him in 1704, when he was received into the Academy, give a good impression of Santerre's taste and of his elaborate and careful method.

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Woman Pulling a Curtain, Paris, Galerie Eric Coatalem

Two Actresses, St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

Suzanne au bain, Louvre.

Portrait dit de la Marquise de Moulins-Rochefort en costume venitien Louvre

Jeune femme à la lettre, Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts

Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1658-1717) (self-portrait), Versailles, Musée National du Château et des Trianons

Marie-Adelaide de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne (1685-1712), Versailles, Musée National du Château et des Trianons

Philippe d'Orleans, regent, et Marie Madeleine de la Vieuville, Comtesse de Parabere (1693-1755), Versailles, Musée National du Château et des Trianons.

Sainte Therese en extase, Versailles, Musée National du Château et des Trianons

La cuisiniere, Le Mans, Musée de Tessé

Portrait de Nicolas Boileau, Lyon, Musée des beaux-arts

Jeune fumeur, Chambéry, Musée des beaux-arts

Mlle. Desmares

Jean Racine

Young Woman Wearing a Shawl

La Comtesse de Bersac