Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715 – 17 April 1793) was a French painter born in Gentilly.

He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1682–1755), actor and painter, and Genevieve Murgues. The Raguenets, father and son, put together a veritable portrait of Paris with their many paintings depicting buildings and landscapes in the city.

A master painter trained at the Académie de Saint-Luc, he was responsible for many "View of Paris" paintings, notably of the Seine, with an almost photographic precision, which adds a historical interest to his works in addition to their artistic value. Many of his works were acquired by the Carnavalet Museum in 1882.

Works

His known paintings include:

• Vue de l’Archevêché (1750)
• L’Hôtel de Ville et la place de Grève (1751)
• Le cabaret à l’Image Notre-Dame, sur la place de Grève (1751)
• Maisons du cloître Notre-Dame, donnant sur la rivière (1753)
• La joute des mariniers, entre le pont Notre-Dame et le Pont-au-Change (1756)
• Vue des hauteurs de Chaillot (1757)
• Le Palais des Tuileries (1757, in the Carnavalet Museum)
• Le Pont-Neuf et le quai des Orfèvres (1759)
• Le Louvre et le Pont Neuf (1760)
• Vue de la Seine à Ivry (vers 1760)
• Le château de Menars (1762 - commissioned by Madame de Pompadour)
• L’Incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu (1772)
• Le Pont Neuf et la Samaritaine (1777)
• L’Ile Saint-Louis
• L’Hôtel Bretouvilliers
• L’Arsenal
• L’Ile Louviers
• Le Quai de la Salpétrière (Vue des bords de la Seine aux environs de la Salpétrière)
• Le Village de Chaillot
• Vue du Pont-Neuf avec la Samaritaine

Gallery

References

• "Raguenet, Nicolas and Jean Baptiste (Father and Son)", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online.

External links