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Jacques Courtois or Giacomo Cortesi, born in Saint-Hyppolite on 12 February 1621 in Rome and died on 14 November 1676, was a Spanish painter.
He received his first painting lessons from his father Jean-Pierre who also introduced Jacques' two brothers to painting. Brought to Milan while still young, he served for three years in the Spanish army, drawing marches and battles, based on the model of Jacques Callot, combat scenes, landscapes and war costumes. Read the full biography

Jacques Courtois or Giacomo Cortesi, born in Saint-Hyppolite on 12 February 1621 in Rome and died on 14 November 1676, was a Spanish painter.
He received his first painting lessons from his father Jean-Pierre who also introduced Jacques' two brothers to painting. Brought to Milan while still young, he served for three years in the Spanish army, drawing marches and battles, based on the model of Jacques Callot, combat scenes, landscapes and war costumes. Then, having left his arms and moved to Bologna in 1639, he entered the school of the Lorraine painter Jérôme Colomès and subsequently those of Guido Reni and Francesco Albani, moving from painting battles to mythological and religious subjects. Having arrived in Rome in 1640, he had the opportunity to see the "Battle of Constantine" in the Vatican, painted by Giulio Romano. This work and the years spent in the Spanish army pushed him to specialize in the genre of battles, becoming famous for his "surprisingly true" way of expressing himself and coloring.
He died in Rome on 14 November 1676.