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Nocret family louis xiv biography
Jean Nocret
French painter
Jean Nocret (December /17, Nancy &#; November , Paris) was a French painter who is best known for his portraits of the French royal family.
Many portraits of uncertain origin have been attributed to him.
Biography
He was a student of Jean LeClerc. Later, he traveled to Rome, where he met Nicolas Poussin and did some work for Poussin's patron, Paul Fréart de Chantelou.[1] Poussin, however, thought that Nocret was a pretentious young man and complained that he left his work unfinished because he had received better offers.
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Nocret returned to Paris in Five years later, he managed to obtain an appointment as painter to King Louis XIV and Gaston, Duke of Orléans. He also served as the King's valet de chambre. In , he accompanied the Bishop of Comminges on a diplomatic mission to Portugal, and executed portraits of the Portuguese Royal Family.[2] Back in Paris, in , he was commissioned by the new Duke of Orléans to decorate t