Jean Toutin
Jean Toutin (1578 – June 14, 1644) was a French enamelworker who was one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures. He was born in Châteaudun which was at the time in the province of Anjou. His technique was used by Jean Petitot and his son Jean Louis Petitot, as well as by Pierre Signac and Charles Boit.
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Jean Toutin
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- Born
- 1578 · Châteaudun.
- Died
- 1644 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · goldsmith
- Languages
- French
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Jean Toutin (1578 – June 14, 1644) was a French enamelworker who was one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures. He was born in Châteaudun which was at the time in the province of Anjou. His technique was used by Jean Petitot and his son Jean Louis Petitot, as well as by Pierre Signac and Charles Boit.
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Jean Toutin is recorded with the occupation goldsmith. Recorded as painter and goldsmith.
Jean Toutin, Design for a Turtle-Shaped Pendant, 1618
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Jean Toutin, Jewelry Design with a Lion's Head, 1619
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1578
Jean Toutin was born on 1 January 1578.
1644
Jean Toutin died on 14 June 1644.
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Châteaudun.
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- 1.Remarque : Il existe une famille d'orfèvres parisiens au , les Toutain. Cependant, aucun document ne permet de relier les Toutain de Paris avec les Toutin de Châteaudun (Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, « Une famille d'orfèvres parisiens au XVIe siècle, les Toutain », Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1983, tome 141, , ).
- 2.Harvsp Clouzot 1908 page=459-460 .
- 3.Geneanet - Potpourri : Jean Toutin].
- 4.« Parfondre » : incorporer les couleurs à la plaque de verre ou d’émail et les faire fondre également.
- 5.Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture et des autres arts qui en dépendent : avec un dictionnaire des termes propres à chacun de ces arts. Chez le veuve de Jean-Baptiste Coignard. 1690.
- 6.437.
- 7.Musée du Louvre : Jean II Toutin, Boîtier de montre
- 8.16, note 1.
- 9.39, note 2.
- 10.38, note 1.
- 11.218, note 1.
- 12.466.
- 13.Harvsp Clouzot 1909 page=47
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Denis Diderot. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. Émail. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand. 1755. Paris. 535.
- Mémoires inédits et opuscules de Jean Rou. Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français. 1857.
- Émile et Eugène Haag. Toutin (Jean). La France protestante, ou Vies des protestants français qui se sont fait un nom dans l'histoire depuis les premiers temps de la réformation jusqu'à la reconnaissance du principe de la liberté des cultes par l'Assemblée nationale ; ouvrage précédé d'une Notice historique sur le protestantisme en France ; suivi des Pièces justificatives et rédigé sur des documents en grande partie inédits. Joël Cherbuliez libraire-éditeur. Paris. 1859. IX Rossel - Zorn. 410-411.
- Pierre Larousse. Émail. Grand dictionnaire universel du siècle. Administration du grand dictionnaire universel. 1870. Paris. 405.
- Émile Molinier. Toutin (Jean). Dictionnaire des émailleurs. Jules Rouam éditeur. Paris. 1885. 87-88.
- en. Toutin, Jean. Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Henri Clouzot. Les maîtres de Petitot. Les Toutin, orfèvres, graveurs, peintres sur émail. La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. 1908. 24. 456-466.
- Henri Clouzot. Les maîtres de Petitot. Les Toutin, orfèvres, graveurs, peintres sur émail (fin). La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. 1909. 25. 142. 39-48.
- Henri Clouzot. Les émaillistes français sous Louis XIV. La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. 1911. 30. 119-128, 179-193.
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