Antoine Benoist (painter)

Antoine Benoist (24 February 1632, Joigny – 8 April 1717) was a French painter and sculptor who served as personal painter to King Louis XIV.

Benoist's fame grew after he exhibited forty-three wax figurines of the French Royal Circle at his residence in Paris.

Thereafter, the king authorized the figurines to be shown throughout France.

There he executed works of the English king and members of his royal court.

Today, Antoine Benoist's work can be viewed among the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the Château de Versailles.