Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet


Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet was a French painter born in Gentilly.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Raguenet, actor and painter, and Genevieve Murgues. The Raguenets, father and son, put together a veritable portrait of Paris with their many paintings depicting buildings and landscapes in the city.
A master painter trained at the Académie de Saint-Luc, he was responsible for many "View of Paris" paintings, notably of the Seine, with an almost photographic precision, which adds a historical interest to his works in addition to their artistic value. Many of his works were acquired by the Carnavalet Museum in 1882.
His known paintings include:
Vue de l’Archevêché

L’Hôtel de Ville et la place de Grève

Le cabaret à l’Image Notre-Dame, sur la place de Grève

Maisons du cloître Notre-Dame, donnant sur la rivière

La joute des mariniers, entre le pont Notre-Dame et le Pont-au-Change

Vue des hauteurs de Chaillot

Le Palais des Tuileries

Le Pont-Neuf et le quai des Orfèvres

Le Louvre et le Pont Neuf

Vue de la Seine à Ivry

Le château de Menars

L’Incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu

Le Pont Neuf et la Samaritaine

L’Ile Saint-Louis

L’Hôtel Bretouvilliers

L’Arsenal

L’Ile Louviers

Le Quai de la Salpétrière

Le Village de Chaillot

Vue du Pont-Neuf avec la Samaritaine