Jean-Pierre Rivalz (c. 1625 – 17 May 1706) was a French painter. Rivalz was born at Labastide-d'Anjou, in the diocese of

Saint-Papoul Saint-Papoul (; Languedocien: ''Sant Pàpol'') is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. History The town of Saint-Papoul was founded during the 8th century when an abbey was established here, dedicated to Saint Papulus. The ...

. A pupil of Ambroise Frédeau, in 1667 he was made an architect to the city of Toulouse. In 1666 he married Perette de Caillavel, by whom he had ten children, including the painter

Antoine Rivalz Self-portrait in 1721 Antoine Rivalz (1667 – 11 December 1735) was a French painter. Born in Toulouse, the son of Jean-Pierre Rivalz (who painted and designed the city's hôtel de ville), Antoine became the town's official painter, and was a ...

. His pupil was the painter Raymond Lafage, who later taught his son Antoine. Rivalz died in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

Works

* Carmelite chapel in Toulouse : wall and ceiling painting * ''Foundation of

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by the

Tectosages The Tectosages or Tectosagii (Gaulish: *''Textosagioi'', 'Dwelling-Seekers', or 'Possessions-Seekers') were one of the three ancient Gallic tribes of Galatia in central Asia Minor, together with the Tolistobogii and Trocmii.Livy, xxxviii. 16 N ...

'' – a mural ruined by humidity and

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, his son Antoine was commissioned to repaint it in 1723 * ''Communion of the Virgin'' – painted for the church of the city's Carthusian monastery and now in the église Saint-Sernin de Toulouse.
Allegorical portrait

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, musée Atger. * Profiles, Paris, musée du Louvre.

Architecture

* ''Ancien couvent des religieux de Saint-Antoine-du-Salin'' 18,20 ''rue Pharaon'' in

References

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Bibliography

* Jean Penant, ''Antoine Rivalz'', catalogue of the exhibition ''Antoine Rivalz'', Toulouse,

musée des Augustins The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings are from throughout France, the sculptures represe ...

, 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivalz 1625 births 1706 deaths 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 17th-century French architects 18th-century French male artists