Alexandre-François Desportes
Illustration — Autoportrait en chasseur (Self-portrait as hunter) • Illustration — Nature morte au gibier et a la coupe de porcelaine by François Desportes, an example of Chinese porcelain in European painting, circa 1700–1710 Alexandre-François Desportes (24 February 1661 — 20 April 1743) was a French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animals. Desportes was born in Champigneulle, Ardennes. He studied in Paris, in the studio of the Flemish painter Nicasius Bernaerts, a pupil of Frans Snyders.
Also recorded as Alexandre François Desportes · Alexandre-Francois Desportes · Alexandre-François Des Portes · Francois Desportes
Alexandre-François Desportes
Alexandre-François Desportes · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1661 · Champigneulles.
- Died
- 1743 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- still life
- Known for
- Wolf Hunting · Rabbits · Breakfast Piece with Oysters
- Languages
- French
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Born at Champigneulles in 1661, died in Paris in 1743.
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Alexandre-François Desportes (February 1661 – 20 April 1743) is described as a decorative painter, manufacturer, animal artist, portraitist and still-life artist in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. The birth of Alexandre-François Desportes is recorded in February 1661, and the death on 20 April 1743 in Paris.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw. Works named in the authority record are Wolf Hunting, Rabbits and Breakfast Piece with Oysters. Work by Alexandre-François Desportes is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum, Nationalmuseum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The birthplace of Alexandre-François Desportes is recorded as Champigneulle (Ardennes) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and as Champigneulles by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
A dog sitting on a meadow licking and cleaning itself. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after A.F. Desportes., by Alexandre-François Desportes
Alexandre-François Desportes · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
A dog seen from behind looking up to the clouds. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after A.F. Desportes., 1745-1747, by Alexandre-François Desportes
Alexandre-François Desportes · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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