Francois Tortebat

The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Francois Tortebat is recorded in the collections of Print Collection, Musea Brugge, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Nantes Museum of Arts and Michael C.

• Name — François Tortebat • Born — 1616 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 4 June 1690 • Place of death — Paris, France

Born to Louis Tortebat and Marguerite de Nameur, Tortebat joined the studio of Simon Vouet around 1631, and married his teacher's eldest daughter, Francoise, on November 9, 1643, with whom he had thirteen children. Tortebat is recorded as being in Rome between 1635 and 1640, making large copies of Raphael Cartoons as the result of a commission from Cardinal Antonio Barberini. Tortebat rejoined Vouet's studio upon his return to France. After Vouet's death in 1649, Tortebat collaborated with his teacher's other son-in-law, Michel Dorigny, gaining exclusive rights to reproduce Vouet's works in print form, and designing the sets for Louis XIV's return to Paris with his new wife Maria Theresa of Spain in 1660. Tortebat became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1663, where his reception piece was a posthumous portrait of Vouet. Tortebat also published a series of etching after paintings by The Carracci from the Palazzo Magnani in Bologna. Tortebat died in Paris in 1690.

The authorities additionally record the heading François Tortebat. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Jean Tortebat. Other recorded relations include Louis de Nameur.

Abregé d'anatomie, accommodé aux arts de peinture et de sculpture, et mis dans un ordre nouveau. / [Anon]; mis en lumiere par François Tortebat. Recorded as printmaker and painter.