Pierre-Jacques Cazes

Pierre-Jacques Cazes
Portrait of Cazes from 1734 by Académie member Joseph Aved
Born1676
Died25 June 1754 (aged 78)
Paris, Kingdom of France
EducationRené-Antoine Houasse, Bon Boullogne
Known forPainting
ChildrenJacques Nicolas, Pierre Michel
AwardsPrix de Rome (1699)
Director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
In office
1744–1747
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byRené Frémin
Succeeded byCharles-Antoine Coypel

Pierre-Jacques Cazes (1676 – 25 June 1754) was a French painter who specialized in religious and mythological subjects. He also taught several other French artists including François Boucher and Jean-Siméon Chardin.