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Restout The Restout family was a French dynasty of painters from Normandy, including the painters: * Marguerin Restout and his sons: ** Marc Restout (1616–1684) and his sons: *** Jacques Restout (1650–1701) *** Eustache Restout (1655–1743), also a ...

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Marc Restout Marc Restout (14 February 1616, in Caen – 3 April 1684, in Caen) was a French painter. The son of Marguerin Restout, he belonged to the famous Restout dynasty of painters. He was a prolific painter and won a major reputation in Flanders, Hollan ...

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Works

* ''La Réforme de la Peinture'', Caen, J. Briard, 1681 * ''Traité de l’harmonie des sons'' *Translation of Pausanias, surviving in manuscript form *Translation of a ''Treatise on the Painting on the Ancients'' by Franciscus Junius le Jeune, surviving in manuscript form

References

* Édouard Frère, ''Manuel du bibliographe normand'', Rouen, Le Brument, 1860 * Philippe de Chennevières, ''Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de quelques peintres provinciaux de l'ancienne France'', Paris, Dumoulin, 1847–1862 1650 births 1701 deaths Artists from Caen Premonstratensians French Baroque painters French Christian monks 17th-century French people 17th-century Christian monks {{France-painter-17thC-stub