Michel Corneille the Younger (1642–1708)

• Was a French painter, etcher and engraver.  

• Corneille was born in Paris.

• He was the son of an artist, Michel Corneille the Elder of Orléans.

• He is also known as the "elder Corneille" (Corneille l'Aîné) to distinguish him from a younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Corneille.

• His father was the first and the most indefatigable of his teachers.

• His other masters were Pierre Mignard and Charles Le Brun.

• Corneille painted for the king at Versailles, Meudon, and Fontainebleau, and decorated in fresco many of the great Paris churches, notably Notre-Dame and church of the Capuchins.

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