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).

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.
 * Isidore of Seville, c.1730 : Bévercé, chapelle Saint-Antoine Ermite.
 * The Dead Christ in a Shroud with the Virgin and St John, 1755 : Malmedy, chapelle Saint-François.
 * Resurrection of Christ, c.1755 : Malmedy, chapelle de la Résurrection.
 * Holy Family, c. 1745 : Robertville, high altarpiece of the église saint-Joseph.

Manuscripts and drawings

 * Arcus triumphalis reverendissimo ... D. Nicolao de Massin ... abbati Stabulen. & Malmundarien., manuscript book of painted emblems, dedicated to Nicolas Massin : Cambridge (Massachusetts), Houghton Library, Harvard University, cote Ms. lat. 419.
 * Frontispiece to the psalter for the Benedictine monastery at Malmedy, manuscript, 1745-1755 : Treasury of Malmedy Cathedral.
 * Report on the coats of arms of Stavelot Abbey, series of 7 drawings: Liège, Archives de l'État.