Philippe de Champaigne: Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)
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Artist |
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Title |
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) |
Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Genre |
portrait |
Description |
Caption from the museum's website
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In 1651 Colbert joined the household of Cardinal Mazarin, principal advisor to Queen Anne of Austria during the minority of Louis XIV (1638–1715), and one of the great collectors of the seventeenth century. Having recouped the cardinal’s fortune, Colbert entered the king’s service and, ten years after he sat for this portrait, was appointed minister of finance. He was instrumental in reforming the arts to serve the monarchy. In 1648, he and Charles Le Brun took charge of the Académie Royale and in 1666 founded the French Academy in Rome.
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Depicted people |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
Date |
1655 date QS:P571,+1655-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 92.1 cm (36.2 in) ; width: 72.4 cm (28.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+92.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+72.4U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236 |
Current location |
Gallery 634 |
Accession number |
51.34 |
Object history |
Provenance:
- Princess Isabella Lubomirska, Vienna (until d. 1816);
- her nephew, Prince Henryk Lubomirski, Vienna and Przeworsk, Poland (from 1816);
- Lubomirski family [possibly Ossolineum National Establishment] Lwów, Poland (by 1853–at least 1882);
- [Greta Ring at Paul Cassirer Galleries, London, until 1948;
- sold to Wildenstein];
- [Wildenstein, London and New York, 1948–51]
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Exhibition history |
Exhibition History
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- Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Spis obrazów skladajacych wystawe urzadzona na korzysé ochron krakowskich," 1853, no. 60 [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
- Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Wystawa obrazów dawnych mistrzów . . . [Exhibition of Old Masters]," 1882, unnumbered cat. [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
- Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Spis obrazów znajdujacych sie na wystawie urzadzonej na rzecz Tow. Dobroczynnosoi . . .," 1882, no. 64 [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
- Paris. Orangerie des Tuileries. "Philippe de Champaigne," January 31–March 31, 1952, no. 41.
- Ghent. Museum voor Schone Kunsten. "Philippe de Champaigne," April 10–May 20, 1952, no. 41.
- Jacksonville, Fla. Cummer Gallery of Art. "The Age of Louis XIII," October 29–December 7, 1969, no. 17.
- St. Petersburg, Fla. Museum of Fine Arts. "The Age of Louis XIII," January 5–February 8, 1970, no. 17.
- Palacio Real de Madrid and Palacio Real de Aranjuez. "Cortes del Barroco: De Bernini y Velázquez a Luca Giordano," October 15, 2003–January 11, 2004, no. 13.10.
- Rome. Scuderie Papali al Quirinale. "Velázquez, Bernini, Luca Giordano: le corti del barocco," February 12–May 2, 2004, no. 13.10.
- Washington. National Portrait Gallery. "Permanent Collection from 1600 to 1900," July 4–September 30, 2006, no catalogue [included in installation of permanent collection to celebrate reopening of Gallery].
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. "Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674): Entre politique et dévotion," April 27–August 15, 2007, no. 81.
- Geneva. Musée Rath. "Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674): Entre politique et dévotion," September 20, 2007–January 13, 2008, no. 81.
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References |
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Source/Photographer |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 435886) |