Jacques Aved

Jacques-André-Joseph Aved (12 January 1702 – 4 March 1766), also called le Camelot (The Hawker) and Avet le Batave (The Dutch Avet), was a French painter of the 18th century and one of the main French Rococo portraitists.

He painted among others the Ottoman Empire ambassador to France in 1742, Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Efendi.

[2] After his training in Amsterdam with François Boitard and Bernard Picart, Jacques Aved started working in Paris for Belle in 1721.

[3] As an art dealer and collector, he owned one of the most important collections with works by Italian, French and especially Dutch artists.

Carle Van Loo, François Boucher, Dumont le Romain and Chardin were some of his pupils.