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Quick facts for kids René-Antoine Houasse
Portrait of René-Antoine Houasse by François Jouvenet
Born	Paris
Died	27 March () (aged 64–65)
Occupation	Painter
Children	Michel Ange Houasse
Relatives	Nicolas Houasse (brother)

René-Antoine Houasse (c.

–) was a decorative French painter.

He was a pupil of Charles Le Brun, under whose direction he worked at the Manufacture des Gobelins, and with whom he worked on the decoration of the Château de Versailles. He was the director of the French Academy in Rome from to

He painted an entire series of paintings depicting various myths involving the Graeco-Roman goddess Athena/Minerva.

René-Antoine Houasse was married on 5 February to Marie Le Blé, cousin of Charles Le Brun, with whom he had three children:

• Agnès-Suzanne Houasse (), married on 18 September with Nicolas Coustou ();
• Michel-Ange Houasse (), a painter of genre scenes.
• Marie-Charlotte Houasse, possibly bo