Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1718–1799) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, where he also died. He was notable for his religious works and portraits. He is also known as Louy Phélix Rhénasteine in writings of the period.

Life

A son of the painter Nicolas Rhénasteine, he worked for the courts of the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. He had three sons, who all also became portraitists: *Nicolas Joseph Rhénasteine or Renasteie (1750-1830) *Louis Joseph Félix Rhénasteine (1754-1795), painter of the portrait of prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück now in the Curtius Museum in Liège *Englebert Rhénasteine (1758-1831).

Paintings

Portraits

* Portrait of Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, prince-bishop of Liège, c.1763 : Liège, Palais provincial. * Portrait of François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège, 1782 : Liège, Curtius Museum. * Portrait of Nicolas Massin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy: Malmedy Cathedral * Portrait of Joseph de Nollet, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, 1757 : Malmedy Cathedral * Portrait of Jacques-Maximilien-Joseph de Rubin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, c. 1770: Malmedy Cathedral * Portrait Francis I of Lorraine, oil on canvas, 1757 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral

Religious works

* ''Resurrection of Christ'' :

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, église Saint-Aubin. * ''Isidore of Seville'', c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite. * ''The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John'', 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François. * ''Resurrection of Christ'', c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection. * ''Holy Family'', c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.

Manuscripts and drawings

* ''Arcus triumphalis reverendissimo ... D. Nicolao de Massin ... abbati Stabulen. & Malmundarien.'', manuscript book of painted emblems, dedicated to Nicolas Massin : Cambridge (Massachusetts), Houghton Library, Harvard University, cote Ms. lat. 419. * Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745-1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral. * Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État..

References

Bibliography

* * * * Paul-André de Fossa, « Portrait du « chevalier » Alexandre de Franquinet (1711–1788), par Louis-Félix Rhénasteine », ''Le Parchemin'', vol. 417, mai-juin 2015, p. 245–249.

External links

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Dictionnaire des peintres belges (IRPA)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhenasteine, Louis Felix Portrait painters 18th-century painters from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège People from Malmedy 1718 births 1799 deaths