Valentin de Boulogne

Valentin de Boulogne
Valentin de Boulogne, Public domain

(1591–1632) fransk barockkonstnär

Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Valentin de Boulogne belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Valentin de Boulogne was born in Coulommiers and died in Rome. Valentin de Boulogne studied under Simon Vouet. Valentin de Boulogne worked in Rome. Wikidata associates Valentin de Boulogne with Caravaggisti and tenebrism. The students included Pietro Francavilla and Nicolas Tournier.

The best-known works include ‘Judith’ and ‘Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 39 works by Valentin de Boulogne with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1650. Works by Valentin de Boulogne are held by several collections, among them Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Statens Museum for Kunst, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, and Musée des Augustins. Wikidata links 5 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Christoffel van den Berghe, Luciano Borzone, Bartholomäus, the younger Strobel, Gerard Seghers, and Giuseppe Ribera.