Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet was a French painter born in Gentilly.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1682–1755), 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 (1750) L’Hôtel de Ville et la place de Grève (1751) Le cabaret à l’Image Notre-Dame, sur la place de Grève (1751) Maisons du cloître Notre-Dame, donnant sur la rivière (1753) La joute des mariniers, entre le pont Notre-Dame et le Pont-au-Change (1756) Vue des hauteurs de Chaillot (1757) Le Palais des Tuileries (1757, in the Carnavalet Museum) Le Pont-Neuf et le quai des Orfèvres (1759) Le Louvre et le Pont Neuf (1760) Vue de la Seine à Ivry (vers 1760) Le château de Menars (1762 - commissioned by Madame de Pompadour) L’Incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu (1772) Le Pont Neuf et la Samaritaine (1777) L’Ile Saint-Louis L’Hôtel Bretouvilliers L’Arsenal L’Ile Louviers Le Quai de la Salpétrière (Vue des bords de la Seine aux environs de la Salpétrière) Le Village de Chaillot Vue du Pont-Neuf avec la Samaritaine

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