Hippolyte Le Bas

Hippolyte Le Bas was a French architect and art historian (1782–1867). He was born at Paris.

Also recorded as Louis-Hippolyte Le Bas; Louis Hippolyte Lebas; Hippolyte Lebas; Louis-Hippolyte LeBas.

Hippolyte Le Bas in brief

Born
1782
Died
1867
Known for
architect and art historian
Place of birth
Paris
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Louis-Hippolyte Le Bas, Louis Hippolyte Lebas, Hippolyte Lebas and Louis-Hippolyte LeBas. His recorded language was French.

Other recorded relations include Antoine Vaudoyer, Léon Vaudoyer and Léon Halévy.

Formation and teaching

Hippolyte Le Bas studied at Collège Sainte-Barbe and French Academy in Rome. He trained under Charles Percier Bassant, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Antoine Vaudoyer.

As a teacher, Hippolyte Le Bas is recorded in connection with Paul Bénard, Pierre-Charles Dusillion, Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, Charles Garnier, Charles Maillard and Jules Batigny. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1810 to 1846.

[Projet de fontaine en mémoire du général Louis Desaix] ; Monument proposé par Hippolyte Lebas d'après le Sujet demandé par une Société de Souscripteurs en l'An IX BOYER 791, held by Boyer collection, inventory BOYER 791. Grave of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, dated 1835, held by Père Lachaise Cemetery. Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in the Silver Salon (Salon d'argent) at the Elysée Palace, dated 1810, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/e481f68b4a4a891c0c0e8f8a24614487. La Roquette Prisons, dated 1830. Chapelle expiatoire, dated 1815. Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris), dated 1836. église Saint-Remacle de Verviers, dated 1838. Battle Scene, dated c. 1825, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.559. Shipwreck of the Frigate Medusa. Revolt of Some of the Crew on the Raft, dated 1818, lithograph in black on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1961.355. Rue Cambon, dated 1846, printed 1965, gelatin silver print, no. 16 from the portfolio "bayard: xxv calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1965.565. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by E. Ficquet after M. Q. de La Tour., held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 5 named public collections.

Boyer collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Père Lachaise Cemetery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/e481f68b4a4a891c0c0e8f8a24614487: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Le Bas, Louis Hippolyte, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Lebas [Le Bas], Louis-Hippolyte, Oxford Art Online, 2003. 30047, 1867-12-02, LE BAS (Hippolyte) †, Art Sales Catalogues Online. Chapitre VII. Jean Zay et Hippolyte Luc, Hippolyte Luc, 2023. 2. La race, le milieu, le moment: Hippolyte Taine, Stefan-Zweig-Handbuch, 2018. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study., The Lancet, 2018. Defining the Effect of the 16p11.2 Duplication on Cognition, Behavior, and Medical Comorbidities, JAMA psychiatry, 2016. Chromosomal contacts connect loci associated with autism, BMI and head circumference phenotypes, Molecular Psychiatry, 2016. The Number of Genomic Copies at the 16p11.2 Locus Modulates Language, Verbal Memory, and Inhibition., Biological Psychiatry, 2016. A 600 kb deletion syndrome at 16p11.2 leads to energy imbalance and neuropsychiatric disorders, Journal of Medical Genetics, 2012. L’évolution démographique récente de la France : Une position singulière dans l’Union européenne, Population, 2025. L’évolution démographique récente de la France. Les comportements des femmes et des hommes sont-ils si différents ?, Population, 2024. Étude interventionnelle sur le dolutégravir et les autres antirétroviraux dans l’athérosclérosclérose infra-clinique en milieu hospitalier de Kinshasa, The Pan African Medical Journal, 2023.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Hippolyte Le Bas studied at Collège Sainte-Barbe and French Academy in Rome. training under Charles Percier Bassant, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Antoine Vaudoyer is recorded. Paul Bénard, Pierre-Charles Dusillion and Gustav Friedrich Hetsch are recorded as having studied under Hippolyte Le Bas. the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts.

Work by Hippolyte Le Bas is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago.

Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

Chronology

  1. 1782Hippolyte Le Bas born at Paris.
  2. 1810Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in the Silver Salon (Salon d'argent) at the Elysée Palace (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/e481f68b4a4a891c0c0e8f8a24614487).
  3. 1815Chapelle expiatoire.
  4. 1830La Roquette Prisons.
  5. 1835Grave of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (Père Lachaise Cemetery).
  6. 1836Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris).
  7. 1867Hippolyte Le Bas died at Paris.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    2. La race, le milieu, le moment: Hippolyte Taine, Stefan-Zweig-Handbuch, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    30047, 1867-12-02, LE BAS (Hippolyte) †, Art Sales Catalogues Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Chapitre VII. Jean Zay et Hippolyte Luc, Hippolyte Luc, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Le Bas, Louis Hippolyte, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Lebas [Le Bas], Louis-Hippolyte, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Hippolyte Le Bas.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Hippolyte Le Bas.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Hippolyte Le Bas.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q712867: Hippolyte Le Bas

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Louis-Hippolyte Lebas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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