Jacques Courtois, also known as Giacomo Cortese and called il Borgognone or le Bourguignon (12 December 1621 to 14 November 1676), was a Franche-Comtois-Italian painter, draughtsman, and etcher. Mainly active in Rome and Florence, he became known as the leading battle painter of his age, also producing history paintings and portraits, and became a Jesuit later in life while continuing to paint. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Jacques Courtois was born in Saint-Hippolyte, near Besançon (Franche-Comté) in present-day France
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Jacques Courtois (French pronunciation: [ʒak kuʁtwa]) or Giacomo Cortese, called il Borgognone or le Bourguignon (12 ?December 1621 - 14 November 1676) was a Franche-Comtois-Italian painter, draughtsman, and etcher.
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The abbot was instrumental in securing Courtois' first official commissions, a large fresco of the miracle of the loaves and fishes in the refectory of the monastery (1641).
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He moved to Bologna in 1639 where he first entered the studio of Jérôme Colomès, a painter from Lorraine.
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