Simon Renard de St. André
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Simon Renard de St. André (1613 or 1614-1677) was a painter
and copperplate engraver
born in the 17th century in France
. In his lifetime, he was regarded as a highly skilled portraitist
. He is remembered today for his vanitas
paintings, which contain symbols that remind the viewer of the transcience of life and wealth.
Renard was recorded as being the painter to the queen in 1646, and was received into the Académie des Beaux-Arts
in 1663.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and copperplate engraver
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
born in the 17th century in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In his lifetime, he was regarded as a highly skilled portraitist
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
. He is remembered today for his vanitas
Vanitas
In the arts, vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with Northern European still life painting in Flanders and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, though also common in other places and periods. The word is Latin, meaning "emptiness" and loosely translated...
paintings, which contain symbols that remind the viewer of the transcience of life and wealth.
Renard was recorded as being the painter to the queen in 1646, and was received into the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Académie des beaux-arts
The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1795 as the merger of the:* Académie de peinture et de sculpture...
in 1663.