Name Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet Died May 17, 1793, Gentilly, France | ||
Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715 – 17 April 1793) was a French painter born in Gentilly.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1682–1755), actor and painter, and Genevieve Murgues. The Raguenets, father and son, put together a veritable portrait of Paris with their many paintings depicting buildings and landscapes in the city.
A master painter trained at the Academie de Saint-Luc, he was responsible for many "View of Paris" paintings, notably of the Seine, with an almost photographic precision, which adds a historical interest to his works in addition to their artistic value. Many of his works were acquired by the Carnavalet Museum in 1882.
His known paintings include:
Vue de l’Archeveche (1750)
L’Hotel de Ville et la place de Greve (1751)
Le cabaret a l’Image Notre-Dame, sur la place de Greve (1751)
Maisons du cloitre Notre-Dame, donnant sur la riviere (1753)
La joute des mariniers, entre le pont Notre-Dame et le Pont-au-Change (1756)
Vue des hauteurs de Chaillot (1757)
Le Palais des Tuileries (1757, in the Carnavalet Museum)
Le Pont-Neuf et le quai des Orfevres (1759)
Le Louvre et le Pont Neuf (1760)
Vue de la Seine a Ivry (vers 1760)
Le chateau de Menars (1762 - commissioned by Madame de Pompadour)
L’Incendie de l’Hotel-Dieu (1772)
Le Pont Neuf et la Samaritaine (1777)
L’Ile Saint-Louis
L’Hotel Bretouvilliers
L’Arsenal
L’Ile Louviers
Le Quai de la Salpetriere (Vue des bords de la Seine aux environs de la Salpetriere)
Le Village de Chaillot
Vue du Pont-Neuf avec la Samaritaine