File:Nicolas Gédoyn - Versailles MV 2966.jpg

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Anonymous (France)Unknown author
Unidentified painter  
 
Description 18th-century portrait paintings of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or Anonymous artists.
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Portrait of French writer Nicolas Gédoyn (1677-1744)
Date circa 1719-1794 (the date of 1719, which appears in his portrait, corresponds to that of his election at the French Academy)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 63 cm (24.8 in); width: 52 cm (20.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,63U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,52U174728
Dépôt du
institution QS:P195,Q2946
Current location
institution QS:P195,Q377066
Accession number
MV 2966
Object history 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, 29 juillet 1971. Dépôt à Paris, Institut de France, Académie française, le 28 avril 1989.
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http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#dba89a1c-f7ab-4bb8-bbe6-7bafc369dc70
https://www.photo.rmn.fr/archive/89-000476-2C6NU0H7CN4K.html

Joconde database: entry 000PE006007
Source/Photographer http://www.voltaire-integral.com/Html/14/04CATALO_1_2.html

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