Jean-Baptiste Corneille

His devoted father was his teacher and painstakingly prepared the youth for his future successes as an historical painter.

He then went to study in Rome and, on his return in 1675 was received into the Royal Academy, painting for his reception-picture the Punishment of Busiris by Hercules, now one of the notable canvases in the Louvre.

He painted in some of the Paris churches and in 1679 finished his Deliverance of St. Peter from Prison for the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

His style, like his brother's, was that of the school of the Desiderosi, but Jean was somewhat inferior to the younger Michel in composition and drawing.

His most important plates were: "Bust of Michelangelo", "St. Bernard", "Mercury in the Air", and "St. John in the Wilderness" (after Annibale Carracci).