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Jean-Guillaume Carlier

1638-06-03 – 1675-04-01

Portrait of Jean-Guillaume Carlier
Self-portrait, 1660 (former collection of the Musée de l'Art wallon, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium)Credit: Jean-Guillaume Carlier

Life & Legacy

Jean-Guillaume Carlier, a Southern-Netherlandish painter, was born in Liège in 1638, and died there in 1675.
He was a pupil of Bertholet Flémalle, and spent part of his life in France. Most of his works are in Düsseldorf and St. Petersburg. His chef-d'oeuvre was considered his Martyrdom of Saint Denis, destroyed in 1794, but of which a copy was painted in 1806 in the church of St. Denis (Liège), and of which a study survives in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

Occupation & Career

painter, draftsperson, artist

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3166059 — wikidata View source

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