Louis-Félix Rhénasteine Explained

Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1718–1799) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, 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 Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and of the Prince-Bishopric 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

• Portrait of Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, prince-bishop of Liège, c.1763 : Liège, Palais provincial.
• Portrait of François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège, 1782 : Liège, Curtius Museum.^[4]
• Portrait of Nicolas Massin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy:^[5] Malmedy Cathedral
• Portrait of Joseph de Nollet, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, 1757 : Malmedy Cathedral
• Portrait of Jacques-Maximilien-Joseph de Rubin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, c. 1770: Malmedy Cathedral
• Portrait Francis I of Lorraine, oil on canvas, 1757 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral

Religious works

• Resurrection of Christ : Bellevaux, église Saint-Aubin.
• Isidore of Seville, c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite.
• The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John, 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François.
• Resurrection of Christ, c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection.
• Holy Family, c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.

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.^[6]
• Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745-1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral.
• Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État.^[7]

Bibliography

• Book: Bolly, Jean-Jacques . Province de Liège Canton de Malmedy . Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique . Bruxelles . 1978 . 901066151 . fr.
• George . Jean Philippe . Le Trésor de la Cathédrale de Malmedy . Bloc-Notes. Trésor de la cathédrale de Liège . 3 . 5 . 2005 . 4–9 . fr.
• Maquet . Jean Julien . Le portrait de Monseigneur de Grady († 1767), une œuvre inédite de Louis-Félix Rhénasteine ? . Chroniques d'archéologie et d'histoire du pays de Liège . 2 . 11, juillet-septembre 2005 . 2005 . 114–117 . fr.
• 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.

External links

• Dictionnaire des peintres belges (IRPA)

Notes and References

1. Notice IRPA.
2. Paul Piron, Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, Ohain-Lasne, 2003, p. 353.
3. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, Gründ, 1999, tome 11, p. 631
4. Web site: French. François Charles de Velbrück. Belgian Art Links and Tools. 2017-01-12. .
5. Web site: French. Nicolas Massin. Belgian Art Links and Tools. 2017-01-12. .
6. Web site: Arcus triumphalis. Houghton Library. 2017-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144530/http://184.168.105.185/archivegrid/collection/data/612831955. 2017-01-16. dead. .
7. Web site: fr. Louis-Félix Rhénasteine. Belgian Art Links and Tools. 2017-01-12 . .