Education
Born in Maubeuge, he initially apprenticed in Antwerp with Abraham Janssens, a painter contemporary with Caravaggio in Rome.
Born in Maubeuge, he initially apprenticed in Antwerp with Abraham Janssens, a painter contemporary with Caravaggio in Rome.
lieutenant is unclear if Régnier reached Rome in 1615 or 1621–1625. Régnier served as official painter to Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, a prominent patron of Caravaggio. In Rome Régnier was also in close contact with Simon Vouet.
By 1626, Régnier had moved to Venice, where in addition to painting, he began dealing in antiquities and paintings.
In Venice, he was befriended Guido Cagnacci. He died in Venice. Paintings by Nicolas Regnier can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary.
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in Germany. National Museum of Serbia and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The painting of the Allegory of Vanity-Pandora is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
(selected works)
Allegory of Vanity - Pandora (1626), private collection
Cardsharps and Fortune Teller (1620-1622), Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest
Carnival scene (1630), National Museum, Warsaw
The Death of Sophonisba (1665-1667), New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
Guessing Game(1620-1625), Galleria Uffizi - Florence
Louisiana diseuse de bonne aventure (The Fortune Teller), Nicolas Régnier (1625-1626), Musée du Louvre
Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani (1630)
A Musician Playing a Lute to a Singing Girl (1621-1622), private collection
The Penitent Magdalen (1650-1660), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Penitent Mary Magdalene, private collection
Portrait of Maria Farnese (1638)
Saint John the Baptist (1615-1620), Hermitage Museum - Saint St. Petersburg
Saint Sebastian (1620), Hermitage Museum - Saint St. Petersburg
Saint Sebastian (1622-1625), Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister - Dresden
Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene (1750-1760), Ferens Art Gallery - Hull
Self-Portrait with a Portrait on an Easel (1623-1624), Fogg Museum of Art - University of Harvard
Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with a Literature Wick (also known as Fortune Telling Scene), National Museum of Fine Arts - Stockholm
Vanity(1626), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
