Jean-Michel Picart
1599
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1682
Flemish-French still llfe painter and art dealer (1600-1682)
Jean-Michel Picart or Jean-Michel Picard was a Flemish still life painter and art dealer active in France. After training in Antwerp, he moved to Paris where he had a brilliant career and became court painter to king Louis XIV. He is known for his flower and fruit still lifes. He was together with Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer one of the most successful still life painters in France in his time. As an art dealer he was a link between Antwerp dealers and the Paris market.