Claude Deruet

Claude Deruet (1588–1660) was a French Baroque painter of the 17th century, from the city of Nancy.

Deruet was an apprentice to Jacques Bellange, the official court painter to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.

1612 and 1619, where - according to André Félibien - he studied with the painter and etcher Antonio Tempesta.

During his stay in Rome, he painted the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga on a visit to Europe in 1615.

He had a luxurious residence in Nancy, named La Romaine, where Louis XIII and his Queen stayed in 1633.