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'''Jean Daret''' (1613–1668) was a French artist, specialising in historical pictures on Biblical and mythological themes. |
'''Jean Daret''' (1613–1668) was a French artist, specialising in historical pictures on Biblical and mythological themes. |
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Jean Daret was born in [[Brussels]] in 1613.<ref name="Aix Tourist office">[http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/uk/aix-aixois-autres.htm Aix en Provence - Tourist Office - Provence - France<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He settled in [[Aix-en-Provence]] where in 1639 he married Ma[g]deleine Cabassole, from a well-known local family. They had two sons, Jean-Baptiste and Michel, both of whom became artists.<ref name=parrocel>{{cite boo|title=Annales de la peinture: Ouvrage contenant l'histoire des écoles des d'Avignon d'Aix et de Monseille, précédée de l'historique des peintres de l'Antiquité, du Moyen-Age, et des diverses écoles du midi de la France|author=Etienne Parrocel|éditor=Ch. Albessard et Berard|year=1862|id=Parrocel_1862 | page=166}}</ref> |
Jean Daret was born in [[Brussels]] in 1613.<ref name="Aix Tourist office">[http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/uk/aix-aixois-autres.htm Aix en Provence - Tourist Office - Provence - France<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He settled in [[Aix-en-Provence]] where in 1639 he married Ma[g]deleine Cabassole, from a well-known local family. They had two sons, Jean-Baptiste and Michel, both of whom became artists.<ref name=parrocel>{{cite boo|title=Annales de la peinture: Ouvrage contenant l'histoire des écoles des d'Avignon d'Aix et de Monseille, précédée de l'historique des peintres de l'Antiquité, du Moyen-Age, et des diverses écoles du midi de la France|author=Etienne Parrocel|éditor=Ch. Albessard et Berard|year=1862|id=Parrocel_1862 | page=166}}</ref> |
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Jean Daret (1613–1668) was a French artist, specialising in historical pictures on Biblical and mythological themes.
Biography
Jean Daret was born in Brussels in 1613.[1] He settled in Aix-en-Provence where in 1639 he married Ma[g]deleine Cabassole, from a well-known local family. They had two sons, Jean-Baptiste and Michel, both of whom became artists.[2]
Put in charge of the works of art at the château de Vincennes,[2] he was appointed an official painter for King Louis XIV.[1] He specialised in decorating mansions, namely Chateau de Chateaurenard, at Rue Gaston Saporta, in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He also created the magnificant painting commissioned by the seigneur de Covet for his château at Marignane, notably those in the "Mirabeau Hall".
He died in Aix-en-Provence on the 2 September 1668 at age 55.[2]
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