(b Lille, 12 Jan 1636; d London, 20 Feb 1699). French painter. At an early age he studied history painting in Antwerp but had arrived in Paris by 1650, when he worked on the decoration of the Hôtel Lambert. He collaborated with Charles Le Brun on decorations for the royal châteaux of Marly (Yvelines) and Meudon (Seine-et-Oise) and the Grand Trianon at Versailles. He was presented to the Académie Royale in 1663 and received (reçu) in 1665. His morceau de réception was the painting now known as Flowers, Fruit and Objets d’Art (Montpellier, Mus. Fabre; see fig.). Originally entitled a Sphinx on a Pedestal, a Clock, a Carpet, a Globe, Two Vases of Flowers, it displays objects associated with the artist’s trade with a high degree of verisimilitude. Monnoyer sent four still-lifes of flowers to his first Salon in 1673, and it was with this genre that he quickly became associated. He rose to prominence in the Académie and was created Conseiller in 1679.

• Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste
  • France, §III, 3(i): Painting & graphic arts, c 1620–c 1715: Mannerism & the influence of Caravaggio
  • France, §XI, 1(iv): Tapestry, 1658–1800
  • Gobelins, §4: Other
  • Lille, §2: Art life and organization
  • collaboration
    • Belin, Jean-Baptiste
    • Gobelins, §2: Tapestry
    • La Fosse, Charles de, §2: Major official commissions and decorations at Montagu House, London
    • Montagu: (1) Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu
    • Rousseau, Jacques
  • patrons and collectors
    • Lancret, Nicolas
  • pupils
    • Vauquer, Jean
  • teachers
    • Bretonvilliers, Claud Le Ragois de
  • works
    • Beauvais, §2: Centre of tapestry production
    • Chinoiserie, §5: Textiles
    • Flower painting, §2(i): Early 17th century
    • Still-life, §2: 14th to 17th centuries: Renaissance and Baroque