Jean LeClerc (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃ləklɛʁ]; 1587/88 – buried 20 October 1633) was a17th-century painter from theDuchy of Lorraine. His style wasBaroque, or more specifically "tenebrist". Only six authenticated paintings remain of LeClerc’s work, but numerous etchings and engravings have survived.

LeClerc was born and died atNancy. He studied with the Venetian masterCarlo Saraceni. LeClerc is known for his mastery of nocturnal light effects, and the luminosity of his scenes.

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  Jean LeClerc,Singers

• Myers, Bernard S. (1969) "Le Clerc, Jean (1587?-1633)"McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art McGraw-Hill, New York;
• Gealt, Adelheid M. (1993)Painting of the Golden Age: a biographical dictionary of seventeenth-century European painters Greenwood Press, Westport, CT,ISBN 0-313-24310-7 ;
• Langmuir, Erika and Lynton, Norbert (2000) "LeClerc, Jean"The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists Yale University Press, New Haven, CT;

• Media related toJean LeClerc (painter) at Wikimedia Commons

• 1580s births
• 1633 deaths
• French Baroque painters
• Artists from Nancy, France
• People from Lorraine (duchy)
• French male painters
• Caravaggisti

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