Louis-Félix Rhénasteine
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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.
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.[1] He had three sons, who all also became portraitists:
- Nicolas Joseph Rhénasteine or Renasteie (1750–1830) [2]
- 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).[3]
Paintings
Portraits
- Portrait of Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, prince-bishop of Liège, c.1763 : Liège, Palais provincial.[4]
- Portrait of François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège, 1782 : Liège, Curtius Museum.[5]
- Portrait of Nicolas Massin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy:[6] 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:[7] Malmedy Cathedral
- Portrait Francis I of Lorraine, oil on canvas, 1757 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral[8]
Religious works
- Resurrection of Christ : Bellevaux, église Saint-Aubin.[7]
- Isidore of Seville, c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite.[7]
- The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John, 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François.[7]
- Resurrection of Christ, c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection.[7]
- Holy Family, c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.[7]
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.[9]
- Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745–1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral.[8]
- Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État.[10]
