Jacques François Courtin (1672–1752) was a French painter who was particularly adept at translating genre scenes based on

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examples into a contemporary setting through the use of staging and costume. He was one of the most popular genre painters of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.Jacques François Courtin (Sens 1672–1752 Paris), ''Children making music, with a Moor page''
at Dorotheum

Life

Jacques Francois Courtin - Bacchus Delivered to the Nymphs of Nysa

Jacques François Courtin was born in

Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km southeast from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second la ...

in 1672. He was a pupil of

Louis de Boullogne Louis de Boullogne II (; 19 November 1654 – 2 November 1733), also known as Boullogne fils, was a French painter. Life Boullogne was born and died in Paris, and was the brother of Bon Boullogne. Their father, painter Louis Boullogne, who tra ...

, and painted the final '

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' offered to the cathedral of Notre-Dame by the goldsmiths of Paris in 1707, the subject of which was 'St. Paul preaching at Troas.' He died in Paris in 1752. His patrons included the royal family as well as many of the important collectors in Paris.

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* 1672 births 1752 deaths 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters People from Sens 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub