JEAN

See also:

• JEAN RESTOUT (1692–1768)

RESTOUT (1692–1768)  , French painter, born at Rouen on the 26th of March 1692, was the son of Jean Restout, the first of that name, and of Marie M . Jouvenet, sister and pupil of the well-known Jean Jouvenet . In 1717, the Royal Academy having elected him a member on his work for the Grand Prix, he remained in Paris, instead of proceeding to Italy, exhibited at all the salons, and filled successively every post of academical distinction . He died on the 1st of January 1768 . His works, chiefly altar-pieces (Louvre Museum), ceilings and designs for Gobelin tapestries, were engraved by Cochin, Drevet and others; his diploma picture may still be seen at St Cloud . His son, JEAN BERNARD RESTOUT (1732–1797), won the Grand Prix in 1758, and on his return from Italy was received into the Academy; but his refusal to comply with rules led to a quarrel with that body . Roland appointed him keeper of the Garde Meuble, but this piece of favour nearly cost him his life during the Terror . The St Bruno painted by him at Rome is in the Louvre .