Jacques Restout

Jacques Restout (c. 1650 – c. 1701) was a French painter of the Restout dynasty (the son of Marc Restout) and a Premonstratensian canon regular. Born in Caen, he was a student of Le Tellier and became prior of the abbaye de Moncets near Reims.

Works

La Réforme de la Peinture, Caen, J. Briard, 1681
Traité de l’harmonie des sons
Translation of Pausanias, surviving in manuscript form
Translation of a treatise on the painting on the ancients by Junius, surviving in manuscript form

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References

Édouard Frère, Manuel du bibliographe normand, Rouen, Le Brument, 1860
Philippe de Chennevières, Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de quelques peintres provinciaux de l'ancienne France, Paris, Dumoulin, 1847–1862

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