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Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632)

• Was a French painter in the tenebrist style.
• Valentin was born in Coulommiers, France.
• He was baptised in the parish of Saint-Denys on 3 January 1591, making 1590 his likely year of birth.
• The family name, also spelled Boullogne and Boulongne.
• His father, also named Valentin, and his uncle Jean were both painters.
• He moved to Italy and is recorded in the stati d'anime for 1620, when he was living in the parish of Santa Maria del Popolo.
• He was studying in Italy under Simon Vouet.
• Approximately 75 of his works survive. 
• Valentin's pupils included Pierre de Francqueville and Nicolas Tournier.
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