Donat Nonnotte

Donatien Nonnotte (10 January 1708 – 4 February 1785) was a French painter who specialized in portraiture.[1]

Donat Nonnotte
Donatien Nonotte self-portrait
Born
Donatien Nonnotte

10 January 1708
Besançon, France
Died4 February 1785(1785-02-04) (aged 77)
Lyon, France
NationalityFrench
Known forPortraiture

A native of Besançon, Nonnotte was received by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1741 as a portrait painter.[1] In 1754, he moved to Lyon, where he obtained the title of "official painter" of the town in 1762.[2] Most notably, he taught François-Hubert Drouais.

References

  1. Sordet 2001, p. 366.
  2. Sordet 2001, p. 327.
  • Sordet, Yann (2001). L ́amour des livres au siècle des Lumières: Pierre Adamoli et ses collections. Librairie Droz. p. 366. ISBN 978-2-900791-45-5. Retrieved 2012-11-21.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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