Artist
Johann Baptist Ruel
Dutch, 1634–1685
Johann Baptist Ruel was a Dutch Barbizon school artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Johann Baptist Ruel was born in Antwerp.
Johann Baptist Ruel, or de Ruel or de Rull, was born at Antwerp in 1634. He was introduced as a singer to the court of the Elector of Mayence, and was there instructed in painting by Jan Thomas. He afterwards settled at Würzburg, where he executed altar-pieces and portraits.
A portrait by him is in the Munich Gallery. He died in 1685, or, according to others, in 1715.
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