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| Jean LeClerc I (1588–1633) | ||||||||||
| Born in Nancy, LeClerc was a Baroque painter of portraits and historical subjects, as well as a draughtsman, printmaker, engraver, and etcher. He went to Italy with his brother in 1602 and later served the Republic of Venice in its campaigns against the Ottomans. From 1616, he became a pupil and collaborator of the Venetian Carlo Saraceno in Rome. He imitated his master and was also influenced by Caravaggio. His first known painting is The Death of the Virgin, completed in Rome in 1619. That same year, he accompanied Saraceno to Venice. In 1621, he completed Doge Enrico Dandolo Recruiting for the Crusade, and as a reward, was made a Knight of St Mark. He returned to Nancy in 1622 and became painter to the dukes of Lorraine, who ennobled him in 1623. Few of LeClerc’s paintings survive, although many of his etchings and engravings remain, several after the works of Jean Cousin. He died in Nancy. | ||||||||||
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