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'Jouvenet', (1644-1717), 1830. Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1644-1717) French painter, especially of religious subjects. Employed by Le Brun in the Salon de Mars (1671-74) at Versailles, he also worked under Charles de La Fosse. He was forced by paralysis during the last four years of his life to work with his left hand. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]