Jean LeClerc (painter)

Jean Le Clerc (* August 1586 in Nancy, † October 20, 1633 ) was a French painter of the Baroque.

He comes from a distinguished noble family in Lorraine, in the service of Duke Charles III. had. 1617 is detectable in Rome at the Caravaggio Carlo Saraceni. His first known etching ( Death of the Virgin Mary) dates back to 1619th In 1621 he completed a painting in the Ducal Palace ( Doge Dandolo call of the crusade ), had begun the Saraceni before his death. For this he was Knight of San Marco. 1622 he is back in Lorraine, where work at this time also the Tenebrist Georges de la Tour, the painter Claude Deruet and the engraver Jacques Callot. In Lorraine, he was a painter for the Dukes of Lorraine and worked a lot for the Jesuits and the Carmelites in Chaumont (Haut- Marne) (including a banquet of Herod ).

Le Clerc is considered Tenebrist, the chiaroscuro painting under the influence of Caravaggio, and was known for his skill in lighting effects in night scenes. In addition to paintings and engravings and etchings have been preserved.

The ascribed paintings include St. Francis Xavier preaches to the Indians (Nancy) and the resurrection of Lazarus (Louvre). , A shipwreck at the Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta, a proclamation in Feltre ( S. Giustina ) and a denial of the Peter (Florence, Corsini collection ), Adoration of the Shepherds ( Museum Langres ).