Jean Ranc

(1674–1735) French painter (1674–1735)

Jean Ranc (France, 1674–1735) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean Ranc belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Jean Ranc was born in Montpellier and died in Madrid. The teachers included Antoine Ranc and Hyacinthe Rigaud. Jean Ranc worked in Madrid, Paris, and Lisbon.

The best-known works include ‘A Grap-Picker Woman - Portrait of a Lady as Pomona’, ‘The Family of Philip V’, and ‘Vertumne and Pomona’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 38 works by Jean Ranc with free images. The dated works span the years 1698–1735. Works by Jean Ranc are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, Musée Fabre, Musée de l'Histoire de France, and Nationalmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Rococo’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gilles-Marie Oppenord, Claude Gillot, Adám Mányoki, Maria Moninckx, and Henrietta Johnston.

• The Baroque
• The Family of Philip V