Jean-Baptiste Descamps

The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Baptiste, I Descamps, Jean Baptiste Decamps, Jean Baptiste Descamps, Jean Baptiste I Descamps and Deschamps. His recorded language was French.

One child is recorded: Marc-Antoine Descamps.

He trained under Nicolas de Largillière, Pierre Dulin and Nicolas Lancret.

As a teacher, Jean-Baptiste Descamps is recorded in connection with Charles Eschard, Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, Etienne Vallée and Robert Strange. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Work by Jean-Baptiste Descamps is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen and Beaux-Arts de Paris.

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1762 to 2008.

Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters. Self-portrait, dated 1762, held by Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, inventory 818.1.21. Southern street scene, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 722/2. Voyage Pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant de Jean-Baptiste Descamps. [Jean Baptiste Descamps correspondence]., dated 2008-, held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786., dated 21 Apr. 1786, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Munich Central Collecting Point: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Descamps, Jean Baptiste, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Descamps, Jean-Baptiste, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Descamps, Jean Baptiste Marc Antoine, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. 30403, 1868-04-06, DESCAMPS (Jean Baptiste), peintre, Art Sales Catalogues Online. Jean Baptiste Descamps [descajeanb023595], Electronic Enlightenment Biographical Dictionary, 2025.

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Vie des peintres flamands et hollandais (1840) — Internet Archive. La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois avec des portraits gravés en tailledouce, une indication de leurs principaux ouvrages et des réflexions sur leurs différentes manières (1660) — Internet Archive. La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois: avec des portraits ... (1754) — Internet Archive. La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, (1660) — Internet Archive. La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois,: avec des portraits gravés en taille ... (1753) — Internet Archive. Vie des peintres flamande & hollandais (1842) — Internet Archive. La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois avec des portraits gravés en tailledouce, une indicatior de leurs principaux ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres (1754) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

training under Nicolas de Largillière, Pierre Dulin and Nicolas Lancret is recorded. Charles Eschard, Guillaume Guillon-Lethière and Etienne Vallée are recorded as having studied under Jean-Baptiste Descamps. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Membership is recorded of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.

Works named in the authority record are Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters.

Work by Jean-Baptiste Descamps is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen and Beaux-Arts de Paris.