Jean Restout the Younger

Jean Restout the Younger
Jean Restout le Jeune
Portrait by Tadeusz Kuntze after Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1756
Born26 March 1692
Rouen, Kingdom of France
Died1 January 1768 (aged 75)
Paris, Kingdom of France
EducationJean Restout the Elder, Jean Jouvenet
SpouseMarie-Anne Halli
ChildrenJean-Bernard Restout
Parents
FamilyRestout
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1760–1763
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byLouis de Silvestre
Succeeded byJacques Dumont le Romain

Jean Restout the Younger (26 March 1692 – 1 January 1768) was a French artist, who worked in painting and drawing. Although little remembered today, Restout was well-respected by his contemporaries for his religious compositions.

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