Artist

Jean-Guillaume Carlier

Portrait of Jean-Guillaume Carlier
Portrait of Jean-Guillaume Carlier

Prince-Bishopric of Liège, 1638–1675

Jean-Guillaume Carlier was a Prince-Bishopric of Liège Flemish Baroque painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Jean-Guillaume Carlier was born in Liège.

Jean-Guillaume Carlier, a Southern-Netherlandish painter, was born in Liège in 1638, and died there in 1675. He was a pupil of Bertholet Flémalle, and spent part of his life in France. Most of his works are in Düsseldorf and St. Petersburg.

His chef-d'oeuvre was considered his Martyrdom of Saint Denis, destroyed in 1794, but of which a copy was painted in 1806 in the church of St. Denis (Liège), and of which a study survives in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

Works by Jean-Guillaume Carlier

Collections represented

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