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Henri Testelin
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| (Paris, 1616 - The Hague, 1695) was a French art painter. Henri Testelin made portraits of Louis XIV, important persons and events at the French court . Several of his paintings can be seen in the palace of Versailles. The portraits, like the one of the young Louis XIV, show the influence of Jean Nocret and Le Brun. He was secretary of Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture from 1650 and professor from 1656. In 1680 he published a book on art theory and the academy. Testelin was dismissed from the Academy in 1681, because he was proptestant. He left France and went to Holland. | ||||
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Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667 new23/Henri Testelin-677559.jpg Painting ID:: 72078 |
1660s Oil on canvas 348 x 590 cm | ||
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Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667 new24/unknow artist-663393.jpg Painting ID:: 73607 |
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Testelin,Henri
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| French , 1616-1695 Painter, printmaker and writer, brother of Louis Testelin. As a member of the circle of Charles Le Brun, he endorsed his connection with the Academie Royale by submitting an allegorical portrait of Louis XIV in Childhood as Patron of the Arts as his morceau de reception. He was secretary of the Acad?mie from 1650 and a professor from 1656. He produced several tapestry cartoons based on designs by Le Brun for the Gobelins, including the Wedding of Louis XIV and Maria-Theresa on 9 June 1660 (before 1665) and the Founding of the Academie des Sciences and the Observatory in 1666. He was active also as a court portrait painter, exhibiting portraits of Louis XIV as Patron of the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (exh. Salon 1673; Versailles, Cheteau) and of Maria-Theresa, Queen of France . Also at the Salon of 1673 he showed a history painting, | ||||
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Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667 new26/Testelin,Henri-469955.jpg Painting ID:: 96079 |
second half of 17th century Medium oil on canvas cyf | ||
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