Mathieu Elias
Illustration — Portrait of and begin of entry on Elias, in Jean-Baptiste Descamps' La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, 1760 • Illustration — Jean Bart, now in the Musée national de la Marine Mathieu Elias, Elyas, or Elie (1658–1741), was a baroque painter. He was born in Peena, near Cassel. His parents were extremely poor, and he was employed when a boy in attending cattle, in which humble situation he was noticed by a painter of Dunkirk, named Philippe De Corbehem, tracing objects on the ground.
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Mathieu Elias
Maximilian Franck · Deutsche Künstler-Gallerie. Im Verlage der lithogr. Kunst-Anstalt. (self scanned from own book) · Public domain
- Born
- 1658 · Nord.
- Died
- 1741 · Dunkirk.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Fields
- painting · graphics
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of and begin of entry on Elias, in Jean-Baptiste Descamps' La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, 1760 • Illustration — Jean Bart, now in the Musée national de la Marine Mathieu Elias, Elyas, or Elie (1658–1741), was a baroque painter. He was born in Peena, near Cassel. His parents were extremely poor, and he was employed when a boy in attending cattle, in which humble situation he was noticed by a painter of Dunkirk, named Philippe De Corbehem, tracing objects on the ground.
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Born at Nord in 1658, died in Dunkirk in 1741.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting and graphics. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and history. Places of work recorded in the authority are France and Dunkirk. Work by Mathieu Elias is recorded in the collections of Musée Magnin.
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