Pierre-Denis Martin (1663 – 1742) was a French

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of historical subjects, battles, hunts, and architectural views, particularly of royal residences, such as the

Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 19 ...

and the

Château de Compiègne The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a royal residence built for Louis XV and restored by Napoleon. Compiègne was one of three seats of royal government, the others being Versailles and Fontainebleau. It is located in Compiègne ...

. He was also known as Martin the Younger (''le jeune'') or Martin des Gobelins (because he was employed at the Gobelins Manufactory)."Martin, Pierre Denis" in Benezit 2006, vol. 9, p. 372.

Background

P.-D. Martin was born in Paris, and according to d'Argenville, he was the cousin of Jean-Baptiste Martin, while

Pierre-Jean Mariette Pierre-Jean Mariette (7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774) was a collector of and dealer in old master prints, a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of French Italian and Flemish artists. He w ...

says he was Martin's nephew and pupil. He is also said to have been the pupil of Adam François van der Meulen and the Parrocel.

Work

He produced a series of paintings at the Château de Choisy, which are now in the Versailles Museum. The dictionary of artists by Bellier de la Chavignerie and Auvray incorrectly attributes several paintings by Pierre-Denis Martin in the Versailles Museum to Jean-Baptiste Martin.Bellier & Auvray 1885, vol. 2
p. 41

Death

Pierre-Denis Martin died in Paris.

Gallery

File:Martin Battle of Yazlovets.jpg, Battle of

Yazlovets Yazlovets ( uk, Язловець, Yazlovets; pl, Jazłowiec; russian: Яблуновка, Yablunovka; yi, יאַזלאָוויץ, Yazlovits; he, יאזלובייץ, Yazlovits) is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It is a ...

, 1684 File:Batalla de Fleurus (1690).jpg, Battle of Fleurus, 1690 Image:Marly 1724.jpg, The Château de Marly, 1724 File:Marten's Poltava.jpg,

Battle of Poltava The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeate ...

(in 1709), 1726 File:Versailles Pierre-Denis Martin.jpg,

, 1722 Image:Louis XIV Invalides Pierre Denis Martin.JPG,

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

, visiting the Hôtel Royal des Invalides, 1706 Image:Pierre-Denis Martin 001.jpg, The Turkish ambassador Mehmet Efendi leaving the

Tuileries Garden The Tuileries Garden (french: Jardin des Tuileries, ) is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in ...

after an audience with

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

, 1721

References

Notes Sources * Bellier de la Chavignerie, Émile;

Auvray, Louis Louis Auvray (; 7 April 1810, in Valenciennes27 April 1890, in Paris) was a French sculptor and art critic. He was the pupil of David d'Angers and was the brother of Félix Auvray, a painter. He continued the ''Dictionnaire Général des Artistes ...

(1882, 1885, 1887). ''Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française''. Paris: Renouard. Vols
1: A–L
(1882)
2: M–Z
(1885), an
supplement
(1887) at Google Books. * Benezit, Emmanuel; et al. (2006). ''Benezit – Dictionary of Artists''. Paris: Gründ. .

External links

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From Direction des Musées de France

List of works
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