Jean Monier
Illustration — La mort d'Adonis, painted by Jean Monier, from château de Cheverny. • Illustration — Danae Jean Monier (or Mosnier; 1600–1656) was a French painter. He was born and died in Blois. Monier's father also named Jean was a glass painter and early mentor.
Also recorded as Jean Monier III
Jean Monier
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- Born
- 1600 · Blois.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — La mort d'Adonis, painted by Jean Monier, from château de Cheverny. • Illustration — Danae Jean Monier (or Mosnier; 1600–1656) was a French painter. He was born and died in Blois. Monier's father also named Jean was a glass painter and early mentor.
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According to his earliest biographer, Jean Bernier, Monier executed for Queen Marie de Medici a copy the Virgin of the Green Cushion by Andrea Solari, which she gave to the Convent of the Cordeliers as a replacement for the original that she had accepted as a gift from the nuns. She was so impressed with his work that she rewarded him with a significant payment. He used the money to travel to Florence and Rome where he became familiar with the works of Nicolas Poussin. In 1623 Monier returned to France, and performed some additional work for Queen Marie. He then retired to briefly to Chartres, then eventually returned to Blois. Bernier also credits him with the discovery of a Holy Family by Raphael that had laid forgotten, gathering dust, in an attic of the Château de Blois. The painting rediscovered by Mosnier has been identified by Jan Sammer as The Holy Family of Francis I, Louvre inv. Son Pierre also became a painter. Monier died in Blois in 1656.
Pierre Monier is recorded as having studied under Jean Monier. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence, Rome and Paris. Work by Jean Monier is recorded in the collections of paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.
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