Jean-Baptiste Deshays

1729–1765

Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects. (Wikipedia)

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Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1729Died 1765Wikidata Q24161 ↗ULAN 500014789 ↗Museum works 15

Also known as attr. a, Jean-Baptiste Deshais, Jean-Baptiste Deshays de Colleville, Jean Baptiste Henri Deshaies, Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays de Colleville, Le Romain Deshays De Colleville

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto] — **Seated Satyr Leaning Backward [recto]**1758/1765 · black chalk with stumping, heightened with white on brown laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Woodner Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Man Reclining on the Ground and the Corner of a Bed [verso] — **Man Reclining on the Ground and the Corner of a Bed [verso]**1758/1765 · counterproof in black and white chalks on brown laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Woodner Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto] — **A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto]**c. 1763 · black and red chalks with brown wash on buff laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso] — **A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]**c. 1763 · black chalk with touches of red chalk on buff laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream — **Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream**c. 1760 · oil and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper laid down on board
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, The Education of the Virgin — **The Education of the Virgin**c. 1762 · red chalk with pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on laid paper, laid down on old mount
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Ivan E. and Win…

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Untitled — **Untitled**1761
Musée des Augustins ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Augustins

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Laban and Rachel — **Laban and Rachel**1700
Birmingham Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museum of Art

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert — **Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert**1761
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Scene from the Martyrdom of St. Andrew — **Scene from the Martyrdom of St. Andrew**1758
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Study for the Assumption of the Virgin — **Study for the Assumption of the Virgin**1758
Minneapolis Institute of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Works in museum collections

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