Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715 – 17 April 1793) was a French painter born in Gentilly.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1682–1755), actor and painter, and Genevieve Murgues. The Raguenets, father and son, put together a veritable portrait of Paris with their many paintings depicting buildings and landscapes in the city.
A master painter trained at the Académie de Saint-Luc, he was responsible for many "View of Paris" paintings, notably of the Seine, with an almost photographic precision, which adds a historical interest to his works in addition to their artistic value. Many of his works were acquired by the Carnavalet Museum in 1882.
His known paintings include:
| Image | Description | Year | Collection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The enclosure of the Chartreux Monastery near Paris. The view is from the interior of the enclosure, which is surrounded by walls. To the left can be seen the Chartreux windmill, in the background, the dome of the Eglise des Invalides, the dome of Church of the Carmelites, and at the right the Church of the Chartreux with its lantern and spire. | ||||
| 1751 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| Perspective view of the Rue de la Mortellerie (now the); to its left, the house with the Cabaret L'Image Notre-Dame; to its right, houses facing the Seine River; and in the foreground, the Place de Grève (now the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville) | 1751 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| View of the western (downstream) end of the Île Saint-Louis and the eastern end of the Île de la Cité with Notre-Dame de Paris in the background | 1752 | |||
| 1753 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| 1753 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| View of the western end of the Île Saint-Louis and the Pont Rouge (now the Pont Saint-Louis), seen from the Place de Grève | circa 1754 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| View from the Pont Royal upstream toward the Pont Neuf and the Place Dauphine, with the Louvre on the left and the Collège des Quatre-Nations on the right | 1755 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| 1756 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| 1757 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| View upstream toward the Pont Marie with the Quai des Ormes (now the Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville) on the left and the Île Saint-Louis on the right | 1757 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| The western façade of the former Tuileries Palace, seen from the Quai d'Orsay (the portion since 1947 known as the Quai Anatole-France) | 1757 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| circa 1760 | Musée Carnavalet | |||
| View of Paris from the Pont Neuf, with the Louvre on the right and the former Hôtel de Conti on the Quai de Conti and Collège des Quatre-Nations on the left | 1763 | |||
| View of the western (downstream) side of the Pont Neuf from the Right Bank, with the Collège des Quatre-Nations on the right | 1763 | Getty Museum | ||
| View of the Pompe de la Samaritaine and the western (downstream) side of the Pont Neuf from the Quai du Louvre, with the Quai de Conti and the former Hôtel de Conti on the far side (Left Bank) of the river | before 1771 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| View of the Place Dauphine and the western (downstream) side of the Pont Neuf, seen from the Quai de Conti | 1772 | Musée Carnavalet | ||
| View of the Pompe de la Samaritaine and the northern segment of the Pont Neuf, seen from the on the Right Bank. The eleven bays of the left wing of the Hôtel des Monnaies, constructed 1767–1775, can be seen on the far side of the river. | 1777 | Musée Carnavalet |