Pierre Dupuis or Pierre Dupuys (Montfort-l'Amaury

Montfort-l'Amaury

Montfort-l'Amaury is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris N of Rambouillet....

, March 3, 1610-Paris

Paris

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, February 18, 1682) was a French painter.

He lived in Italy

Italy

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, where he met Pierre Mignard

Pierre Mignard

Pierre Mignard , called "Le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter...

 (1612-1695) in 1637. He was a specialist of still life

Still life

A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...

s and his style was influenced by Northern Europe painting and Protestant religion. In his paintings of bouquets, an influence of Jacques Linard

Jacques Linard

Jacques Linard was a French painter of the first half of the 17th century. He painted still-lives. He was baptised on the 6th of September, 1597. His first records of being of artist was in the 1620s. He was married in 1626 to the daughter of a Parisian Master Painter...

 (1600-1645) and Louise Moillon

Louise Moillon

Louise Moillon was a French painter in the Baroque era. She became known as one of the best female still life painters during her time, and worked for King Charles I of England, as well as the French nobility.-Biography:...

(1610-1696). These paintings were very appreciated in his times.

Further reading

• Coatalem E., A still-life painter: PIERRE DUPUIS, The stamp. The art object, 1999, No. 335, pp. 48-55, (in French), ISSN 0998-8041, Editions Faton, Dijon, France (1989) (Revue), at INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST: 25659, 35400008348741.0030.