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Portrait of Montesquieu (1689-1755)  wikidata:Q120135551 reasonator:Q120135551
Artist
After Jacques-Antoine Dassier  (1715–1759)  wikidata:Q3157867
 
Alternative names
James Anthony Dassier
Description Genevan medalist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 November 1715 Edit this at Wikidata 2 November 1759 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Geneva Copenhagen
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q3157867
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Title
French:
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Edit this at Wikidata

Portrait of Montesquieu (1689-1755)
title QS:P1476,fr:"Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfr,"Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of Montesquieu (1689-1755)"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Montesquieu Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1753-1794 (the date of 1728, which appears in his portrait, corresponds to that of his election at the French Academy)
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 63 cm (24.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 52 cm (20.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+63U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+52U174728
institution QS:P195,Q377066
Dépôt du
institution QS:P195,Q2946
Accession number
MV 2976 (Museum of the History of France) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history

Provenance:

  • Copie d'après une médaille sculptée par J-A. Dassier, datée 1753.
  • Fait partie d'un ensemble de 94 portraits d'académiciens commencé en 1685 à l'initiative de l'abbé de Dangeau, alors directeur.
  • Collection de l'Académie française.
  • Saisie révolutionnaire le 24 juillet 1794.
  • Envoyé au musée des Monuments français le 3 juin 1795.
  • Remis au bibliothécaire de l'Institut le 12 septembre 1803.
  • Donné par l'Institut à Louis-Philippe pour les Galeries historiques de Versailles en 1839 ;
  • collection Louis-Philippe.
  • 1850 : aile du Nord, attique, salle 141 dite "des Académiciens".
  • 1855 et 1861 : aile du Midi, attique, salle 152.
  • Mentionné en réserve, 7 juin 1966.
  • Dépôt à Paris, Institut de France,
  • Académie française, le 20 mars 1987.
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Source/Photographer photo.rmn.fr Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / image RMN-GP

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