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Summary

Portrait of Montesquieu (1689-1755)

Artist



Alternative names	James Anthony Dassier
Description	Genevan medalist and engraver
Date of birth/death	13 November 1715	2 November 1759
Location of birth/death	Geneva	Copenhagen
Authority file	: Q3157867 VIAF: 35354793 ISNI: 000000008372213X ULAN: 500123502 LCCN: no2010151646 Oxford Dict.: 7181 WorldCat

Title

French:

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

Portrait of Montesquieu (1689-1755)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Montesquieu

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

Dimensions

height: 63 cm (24.8 in)

; width: 52 cm (20.4 in)

Collection

Institut de France

	Native name	Institut de France
	Location	Quai de Conti 75006 Paris France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 24.61″ N, 2° 20′ 14.13″ E
	Established	1795 (uniting pre-existing institutions)
	Authority file	: Q377066 VIAF: 135715107 ISNI: 0000000121635900 LCCN: n80119828 GND: 35015-1 SUDOC: 027262065 WorldCat

Dépôt du

Palace of Versailles

	Native name	Château de Versailles
	Parent institution	Palace and Park of Versailles
	Location	Château de Versailles Place d’Armes 78000 Versailles, [[:Category:Yvelines\|LangSwitch Error: no default]] France
	Coordinates	48° 48′ 17″ N, 2° 07′ 13″ E
	Established	from 1624 until 1790 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1624-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : built 1837: opened to public
	Website	www.chateauversailles.fr
	Authority file	: Q2946 VIAF: 127977992 ISNI: 0000000417949458 ULAN: 500312482 LCCN: sh85022755 NAID: 10038353 WorldCat

Accession number

MV 2976 (Museum of the History of France)

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.

References

Authority file

: Q120135551
Joconde: 000PE006017

Source/Photographer

Collection Chateau Versailles

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:05, 23 August 2018	1,177 × 1,447 (2.97 MB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Cropped 5 % horizontally, 2 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
	16:00, 23 August 2018	1,234 × 1,480 (3.14 MB)	Alonso de Mendoza	better version, from Versailles web
	23:24, 18 July 2005	800 × 960 (1.37 MB)	ArtMechanic
	19:03, 18 June 2005	752 × 916 (1.14 MB)	Phrood~commonswiki	Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Public Domain