Jacques de Létin

This prompted him to travel to Rome, where he lived from 1622 to 1625; sharing an apartment with the painter, Charles Mellin, and the sculptor Jacques Sarrazin.

His workshop was very successful and the numerous commissions he received involved many long stays in Paris.

In 1645, he settled permanently in Troyes, purchased some land and built a large manor house.

At some point, he was referred to as Ninet de Lestin, due to a typographical error, which was continued until 1882, when the local historian, Albert Babeau [fr], discovered it and did more research on his life.

Many of his paintings were destroyed or disappeared; during the French Revolution, the Franco-Prussian War and World War II, although some works have newly attributed to him; notably, personifications of Grammar and Geometry, acquired by the Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux in 2011.