Jean Nocret (1615/17-1672)

• Was a French painter.
• He was a student of Jean LeClerc.
• Later, he traveled to Rome, where he met Nicolas Poussin and did some work for Poussin's patron, Paul Fréart de Chantelou.
• Nocret returned to Paris in 1644.
• Five years later, he managed to obtain an appointment as painter to King Louis XIV and Gaston, Duke of Orléans.
• He also served as the King's valet de chambre.
• In 1657, he accompanied the Bishop of Comminges on a diplomatic mission to Portugal, and executed portraits of the Portuguese Royal Family.
• Back in Paris, in 1660, he was commissioned by the new Duke of Orléans to decorate the interiors of the Château de Saint-Cloud with scenes from Greek mythology.
• Three years later, his painting of "The Repentance of Saint Peter" earned him a place in the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
• He became a Professor there in 1664.
• His son, Jean-Charles, was also a portraitist.
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