File:Portrait of an unknown man, Formerly identified as Jean de La Bruyère - Versailles.jpg

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Inconnu, dit autrefois Jean de La Bruyère   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Description 17th-century portrait painting of men, with unspecified, unmentioned, unidentified artist. AnonymousUnknown author / Unknown artist. Unknown date
Unknown date
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Title
Inconnu, dit autrefois Jean de La Bruyère
Description
Jean de La Bruyère. Some sources, like this blog claim this is portrait of François Timoleon de Choisy. However, a non disputable source says it is Jean de la Bruyere.
Date circa 1651-1700
Medium oil on copper
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259
(or brass)
Dimensions height: 32 cm (12.5 in); width: 26.7 cm (10.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,32U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2946
Accession number
MV 4277
Object history

Provenance:

  • Collection baron Larrey ;
  • acheté 35 francs lors de la vente Larrey, 1842 ;
  • "11 tableaux Rentrée de Versailles", 24 septembre 1845 ;
  • mentionné dans la 2ème salle des Portraits (n°153), côté opposé aux fenêtres, aile du Midi, attiques, dans l’inventaire de 1850 ;
  • déposé au Pavillon de la Lanterne, 24 juillet 1962 ;
  • exposé dans les salles du XVIIe siècle ( salle n°8 ), rez-de-chaussée, aile du Nord, 18 mai 1969 ;
  • mentionné en réserve, 31 juillet 1969.
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