Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1718–1799) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, where he also died. He was notable for his religious works and portraits. He is also known as Louy Phélix Rhénasteine in writings of the period.

Life

A son of the painter Nicolas Rhénasteine, he worked for the courts of the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.[1] He had three sons, who all also became portraitists:

  • Nicolas Joseph Rhénasteine or Renasteie (1750-1830) [2]
  • Louis Joseph Félix Rhénasteine (1754-1795), painter of the portrait of prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück now in the Curtius Museum in Liège *Englebert Rhénasteine (1758-1831).[3]

Paintings

Portraits

Religious works

  • Resurrection of Christ : Bellevaux, église Saint-Aubin.[7]
  • Isidore of Seville, c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite.[7]
  • The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John, 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François.[7]
  • Resurrection of Christ, c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection.[7]
  • Holy Family, c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.[7]

Manuscripts and drawings

  • Arcus triumphalis reverendissimo ... D. Nicolao de Massin ... abbati Stabulen. & Malmundarien., manuscript book of painted emblems, dedicated to Nicolas Massin : Cambridge (Massachusetts), Houghton Library, Harvard University, cote Ms. lat. 419.[9]
  • Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745-1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral.[8]
  • Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État.[10]

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Notice IRPA.
  2. ↑ (in French) Paul Piron, Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, Ohain-Lasne, 2003, p. 353.
  3. ↑ (in French) Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, Gründ, 1999, tome 11, p. 631
  4. ↑ Maquet 2005, p. 116
  5. ↑ "François Charles de Velbrück". Belgian Art Links and Tools (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-12..
  6. ↑ "Nicolas Massin". Belgian Art Links and Tools (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-12..
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bolly 1978
  8. 1 2 George 2005
  9. ↑ "Arcus triumphalis". Houghton Library. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-12..
  10. ↑ "Louis-Félix Rhénasteine". Belgian Art Links and Tools (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-12..

Bibliography

  • Bolly, Jean-Jacques (1978). Province de Liège Canton de Malmedy (in French). Bruxelles: Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique. OCLC 901066151.
  • George, Jean Philippe (2005). "Le Trésor de la Cathédrale de Malmedy". Bloc-Notes. Trésor de la cathédrale de Liège (in French). 3 (5): 4–9.
  • Maquet, Jean Julien (2005). "Le portrait de Monseigneur de Grady († 1767), une œuvre inédite de Louis-Félix Rhénasteine ?". Chroniques d'archéologie et d'histoire du pays de Liège (in French). 2 (11, juillet-septembre 2005): 114–117.
  • (in French) Paul-André de Fossa, « Portrait du « chevalier » Alexandre de Franquinet (1711–1788), par Louis-Félix Rhénasteine », Le Parchemin, vol. 417, mai-juin 2015, p. 245–249.
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