Jean Cotelle (1642–1708)

• Was a French painter and engraver.
• Born in Paris.
• He received his early instruction from his father, Jean Cotelle.
• He devoted himself to his profession, producing historical paintings, miniatures, and occasionally etchings.
• His chef-d'oeuvre was the 'Marriage at Cana,' painted in 1681 for the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
• There are by him at Versailles 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.
• He was admitted into the Academy in 1672.
• Jean Cotelle died at Villers-sur-Marne in 1708.

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