Jean LeClerc
Illustration — Portrait of Jean LeClerc by Anthony van Dyck Jean LeClerc (1587/88 – buried 20 October 1633) was a 17th-century painter from the Duchy of Lorraine. His style was Baroque, or more specifically "tenebrist". Only six authenticated paintings remain of LeClerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.
Also recorded as Di Cheve Leclerc · Jean Leclerc · Giovanni di Chere · Giovanni di Cheve
Jean LeClerc
Anthony van Dyck · Public domain
- Born
- 1587 · Nancy.
- Died
- 1633 · Nancy.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Carlo Saraceni
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Jean LeClerc by Anthony van Dyck Jean LeClerc (1587/88 – buried 20 October 1633) was a 17th-century painter from the Duchy of Lorraine. His style was Baroque, or more specifically "tenebrist". Only six authenticated paintings remain of LeClerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.
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LeClerc was born and died in Nancy. He studied with the Venetian master Carlo Saraceni. LeClerc is known for his mastery of nocturnal light effects, and the luminosity of his scenes. • Illustration — Jean LeClerc, Singers
Training under Carlo Saraceni is recorded. Pietro della Vecchia and Jean Nocret are recorded as having studied under Jean LeClerc. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Venice and Nancy. Work by Jean LeClerc is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Auckland Art Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
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1587
Jean LeClerc born at Nancy.
1633
Jean LeClerc died at Nancy.
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- 1.Céline Paul, Les mystérieux du XVIIe siècle, une enquête au cabinet d'art graphique., Musée des beaux-arts, 2002, page 16.
- 2.Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorraine, 1876, article Jean Leclerc, pages 71-90.
- 3.Robert Parisot, Histoire de Lorraine, 1922, Picard, page 280.
- 4.Mémoires de la Société d'Archéologie Lorraine et du Musée Historique Lorrain, Volume 43, 1893, page 103.
- 5.Ambroise Pelletier, Nobiliaire, ou armorial général de la Lorraine et du Barrois, volume 1, 1758, page 459.
- 6.Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorraine, 1876, article Jean Leclerc, page 74.
- 7.Encyclopédie Universalis consultée le 26 mars 2018
- 8.Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorraine, 1876, article Jean Leclerc, page 79-80.
- 9.Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorraine, 1876, article Jean Leclerc, pages 80-81
- 10.Cette œuvre d'après Carlo Saraceni, 1619, est visible à Londres, au British Museum.
- 11.Washington, Osuna Gallery
- 12.La méditation de Saint François d'Assise, galerieheim.ch
- 13.Tanaka Hidemichi, Georges de La Tour dans ses rapports avec Le Clerc, Callot et Rembrandt. Inform. Hist. Art, XV, 1960, .
- 14.Société d'archéologie lorraine. Mémoires de la, 1876, et 77.
- 15.Pétry Jean-Claude, Entre Callot et La Tour, Jean Le Clerc cet inconnu, Dossier de l’art, , .
- 16.Nancy, Musée des beaux-arts- peintures italiennes et espagnoles, , Clara Gelly Blandine Chavanne.
- 17.Claude Lorrain, Pittori lorenesi in Italia nel XVII secolo, aprile-maggio 1982, Par Accademia di Francia (Rome, Italy).
- 18.Meaume E., Georges Lalleman et Jean Le Clerc, peintres et graveurs lorrains, M.A.S.L.,
- 19.Voir en ligne.
- 20.Saisie révolutionnaire (collection marquis de Robien), 1794.
- 21.Vienne, Albertina.
- 22.Jean Le Clerc, La Résurrection de Lazare, louvre.fr
- 23.Choné Paulette, Emblèmes et pensée symbolique en Lorraine, 1525-1633 : comme un jardin au cœur de la chrétienté, .
- 24.Saint François-Xavier prêchant, Nancy, Musée historique lorrain.
- 25.Choné Paulette, Emblèmes et pensée symbolique en Lorraine, 1525-1633 : comme un jardin au cœur de la chrétienté, .
- 26.Choné Paulette, Jean Le Clerc, Claude Deruet et le carmel de Chaumont (1633-1635).
- 27.Tous les deux d'abord dans l'église de Girecourt-sur-Durbion, selon Dom Calmet.
- 28.En 1876 dans l'église Saint-Nicolas de Nancy.
- 29.Dans l'église de Girecourt.
- 30.Dans l'église Saint Sébastien, portrait du peintre Bermand, ami et élève de Le Clerc, payé 250 francs.
- 31.Dans l'église des Annonciades.
- 32.Dans l'église des Capucins.
- 33.Dans l'église du Saint Sacrement
- 34.Dans l'église des Minimes de Bon-Secours.
- 35.Dans l'église des Dames du refuge.
- 36.Chez Monsieur Barbe ?
Bibliography printed in the source article · 11
- « Jean Le Clerc », dans André Félibien, Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes, chez la veuve Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1688, tome 2, (lire en ligne)
- « Le Clerc (Jean) », dans Abecedario de P. J. Mariette et autres notes inédites sur les arts et les artistes français tirées de ses papiers conservés à la Bibliothèque Impériale, J.-B. Dumoulin, Paris, 1854-1856, tome 3, Jabach-Mingozzi, (lire en ligne).
- Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorraine, 1876, article Jean Leclerc, pages 71-90..
- George Lalleman et Jean Le Clerc, peintres et graveurs lorrains. Lucien Wiener. 1876.
- 1637-1714. Sébastien Le Clerc et son œuvre. Baur et Rapilly. 1877.
- Pariset F.G., Jean Leclerc et Venise, Venezia e l'Europa, Atti del XVIII Congresso internazionale di Storia dell'Arte, Venizia 1955.
- Tanaka Hidemichi, Georges de La Tour dans ses rapports avec Le clerc Callot et Rembrandt. In: Inform. Hist. Art XV, 1960, .
- Claude Gellée et les peintres lorrains au , Cat. exp. Rome Nancy 1982, et 78.
- Pétry Jean-Claude, Entre Callot et La Tour, Jean Le Clerc cet inconnu, Dossier de l'art, , .
- Emblèmes et pensée symbolique en Lorraine, 1525-1633. Klincksieck. 1991.
- Nancy, Musée des beaux-arts : peintures italiennes et espagnoles, sp-|XIV XIX.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Di Cheve Leclerc, Jean Leclerc, Giovanni di Chere and Giovanni di Cheve. His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. He trained under Carlo Saraceni. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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Nationalmuseum, Auckland Art Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago and Bavarian State Painting Collections
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