Jean Cotelle, 'the younger', was a painter and engraver, born in Paris in 1645. He received his early instruction from his father, Jean Cotelle, and eventually visited Italy. On his return he devoted himself to his profession, producing historical paintings, miniatures, and occasionally etchings. His chef-d'oeuvre

Masterpiece

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 was the 'Marriage at Cana,' painted in 1681 for the cathedral of Notre-Dame

Notre Dame de Paris

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. There are by him at Versailles

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 several views in the gardens of that palace. He etched a plate representing 'Our Lord on the Mount of Olives,' and a series of seven scenes from the history of Venus

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. He was admitted into the Academy

Académie de peinture et de sculpture

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 in 1672, and died at Villers-sur-Marne

Villiers-sur-Marne

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in 1708.