Louis-Félix Rhénasteine

Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1799-) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, 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 prince-abbots of Stavelot-Malmédy and of the Prince-Bishops 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 (Philippe George 2005)
  9. ↑ "Arcus triumphalis". Houghton Library. Retrieved 2017-01-12. .
  10. ↑ "Louis-Félix Rhénasteine". Belgian Art Links and Tools (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-12. .

Bibliography

  • (in French) Jean-Jacques Bolly, Province de Liège. Canton de Malmedy, Bruxelles, 1978, 70 p.
  • (in French) Jean Philippe George, « Le Trésor de la Cathédrale de Malmedy », Bloc-Notes. Trésor de la cathédrale de Liège, vol. 3, no 5, 2005, p. 4-9 (lire en ligne [archive])
  • (in French) Jean Julien Maquet, « Le portrait de Monseigneur de Grady († 1767), une œuvre inédite de Louis-Félix Rhénasteine ? », Chroniques d’archéologie et d’histoire du pays de Liège, vol. 2, no 11, juillet-septembre 2005, p. 114-117 (lire en ligne [archive]).
  • (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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