Jean Baptiste Santerre - Artist Info

About Jean Baptiste Santerre

  • Biography

    Jean-Baptiste Santerre was a French portrait and history painter born in 1651 in Magny-en-Vexin, Val-d'Oise. He studied under Bon de Boullogne upon his arrival in Paris and was received at the Académie in 1704 as both a portrait and history painter. He was awarded a pension, studio, and lodgings in the Louvre by King Louis XIV around 1712 and later became Peintre Ordinaire to Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans, Regent of France. Santerre was known for his single-figure, half-length paintings, mostly depicting women engaged in various activities. He died in Paris in 1717.

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