Louis-Félix Rhénasteine

Louis-Félix Rhénasteine (1718–1799) was a painter from what is now Belgium. He was born in Malmedy, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, where he also died. He was notable for his religious works and portraits. He is also known as Louy Phélix Rhénasteine in writings of the period.

Life A son of the painter Nicolas Rhénasteine, he worked for the courts of the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. He had three sons, who all also became portraitists: Nicolas Joseph Rhénasteine or Renasteie (1750–1830) Louis Joseph Félix Rhénasteine (1754–1795), painter of the portrait of prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück now in the Curtius Museum in Liège *Englebert Rhénasteine (1758–1831).

Paintings Portraits Portrait of Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont, prince-bishop of Liège, c.1763 : Liège, Palais provincial. Portrait of François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège, 1782 : Liège, Curtius Museum. Portrait of Nicolas Massin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy: Malmedy Cathedral Portrait of Joseph de Nollet, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, 1757 : Malmedy Cathedral Portrait of Jacques-Maximilien-Joseph de Rubin, prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy, c. 1770: Malmedy Cathedral Portrait Francis I of Lorraine, oil on canvas, 1757 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral

Religious works Resurrection of Christ : Bellevaux, église Saint-Aubin. Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745–1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral.