JOUVENET, Jean-Baptiste French painter (b. 1644, Rouen, d. 1717, Paris).
French painter, one of a family of painters. He worked in Paris in the studio of Charles Le Brun, whose manner he acquired and whose favor at court he shared. He is best known for his religious paintings; the most important are the series of four canvases for St. Martin des Champs, including the Miraculous Draught of Fishes The Education of the Virgin sf 1700
Oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
