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Antoine-François Callet
(1741 - 1823)
Portrait de Louis XVI
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean Popovitch
Clermont-Ferrand, musée d'art Roger-Quilliot
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Keywords:
costume de sacre
Louis XVI (king of France) (1754-1793)
portrait of a man
official portrait
full-length portrait
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About the artwork
Title:
Portrait de Louis XVI
About the author(s)
Author:
Antoine-François Callet
Also known as:
Antoine Callet
Born:
1741
Dead:
1823
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Antoine-François Callet
(1741–1823, Paris), generally known as
Antoine Callet
, was a French painter of portraits and allegorical works, who acted as official portraitist to Louis XVI. He won the grand prix de Rome in 1764 with
Cléobis et Biton conduisent le char de leur mère au temple de Junon
(
Kleobis and Biton dragging their mother's cart to the temple of Juno
). He was accepted by the Académie des beaux arts in 1779, with his entry piece being a portrait of the comte d'Artois, and received…
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