Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1718–1799) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, where he also died. He was notable for his religious works and portraits. He is also known as Louy Phélix Rhénasteine in writings of the period.
Life A son of the painter Nicolas Rhénasteine, he worked for the courts of the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Notice IRPA. He had three sons, who all also became portraitists: Nicolas Joseph Rhénasteine or Renasteie (1750–1830) Paul Piron, Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles, Ohain-Lasne, 2003, p. 353. Louis Joseph Félix Rhénasteine (1754–1795), painter of the portrait of prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück now in the Curtius Museum in Liège *Englebert Rhénasteine (1758–1831). Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, Gründ, 1999, tome 11, p. 631
Paintings Portraits Portrait of Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, prince-bishop of Liège, c.1763 : Liège, Palais provincial. Portrait of François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège, 1782 : Liège, Curtius Museum.. Portrait of Nicolas Massin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy:. Malmedy Cathedral Portrait of Joseph de Nollet, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, 1757 : Malmedy Cathedral Portrait of Jacques-Maximilien-Joseph de Rubin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, c. 1770: Malmedy Cathedral Portrait Francis I of Lorraine, oil on canvas, 1757 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral
Religious works Resurrection of Christ : Bellevaux, église Saint-Aubin. Isidore of Seville, c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite. The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John, 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François. Resurrection of Christ, c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection. Holy Family, c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.
Manuscripts and drawings Arcus triumphalis reverendissimo ... D. Nicolao de Massin ... abbati Stabulen. & Malmundarien., manuscript book of painted emblems, dedicated to Nicolas Massin : Cambridge (Massachusetts), Houghton Library, Harvard University, cote Ms. lat. 419.. Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745–1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral. Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État..
References
Bibliography
Paul-André de Fossa, « Portrait du « chevalier » Alexandre de Franquinet (1711–1788), par Louis-Félix Rhénasteine », Le Parchemin, vol. 417, mai-juin 2015, p. 245–249.
External links Dictionnaire des peintres belges (IRPA)