Pierre Dupuis

Pierre Dupuis or Pierre Dupuys (3 March 1610 in Montfort-l'Amaury – 18 February 1682 in Paris) was a French painter. Dupuis was successful during his life and in 1646 he was appointed Peintre Ordinaire des Ecuries du Roi by his patron Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt, with the consent of Anne of Austria. In 1664 he was accepted into the Académie Royale de Peinture.

Portrait of Pierre Dupuis, engraving by Antoine Masson after Nicolas Mignard, 1663

He lived in Italy, where he met Pierre Mignard (1612–1695) in 1637. He was a specialist of still lifes and his style was influenced by Northern Europe painting and Protestant religion. In his paintings of bouquets, an influence of Jacques Linard (1600–1645) and Louise Moillon (1610–1696). These paintings were very appreciated in his times.

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  Still life with apricot and plum branches
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  Title unknown; still life, melons and plums

Further reading

• Coatalem E., A still-life painter: PIERRE DUPUIS, The stamp. The art object, 1999, No. 335, pp. 48–55, (in French), ISSN 0998-8041, Editions Faton, Dijon, France (1989) (Revue), at INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST: 25659, 35400008348741.0030.