Pierre Ernou

{{Short description|French painter}} {{Expand French|topic=culture|date=August 2011|Pierre Ernou}}

thumb|upright=0.9|''Portrait of an Unknown Man'', 1713 '''Pierre Ernou''' (1685–1739), known as '''"le chevalier Ernou"''', was a French painter. He was born in Angers. Little is known of his life, save that he was the son of the patiner Jean Ernou, and that he passed much of his career in the French provinces. He is known, however, to have been in Paris and in Lyon at points during his career.

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==References== *''Les Maîtres retrouvés - peintures françaises du XVIIe siècle du musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans'', Paris, Somogy, 2002, p. 167.

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