Jean-François Gilles Colson
Illustration — Portrait of Samuel Foote, now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Jean-François Gilles Colson (1733–1803) was a French painter. He was born in Dijon in 1733, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gilles.
Also recorded as Jean François Colson · Gilles Colson · Jean-François Gilles · Jean Francois Gilles
Jean-François Gilles Colson
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- Born
- 1733 · Dijon.
- Died
- 1803 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · architect
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Samuel Foote, now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Jean-François Gilles Colson (1733–1803) was a French painter. He was born in Dijon in 1733, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gilles.
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He was a pupil of his father, of Frère Imbert at Avignon, and of Nonotte at Lyons. On coming to Paris he was presented to the Duke of Bouillon, who kept him in constant employment for forty years as architect, sculptor, painter, and even gardener. He gained a reputation as a portrait painter, and left several manuscripts on perspective, poetry, and the fine arts. He died in Paris in 1803.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lyon and Paris. Work by Jean-François Gilles Colson is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Musée Carnavalet and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Jean-François Gilles Colson is recorded as painter and architect.
Portrait of Balthazar Georges Sage (1740-1824)
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet / After Jean-François Gilles Colson
Portrait of Samuel Foote (1720-1777), British writer and actor
Jean-François Gilles Colson
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1733
Jean-François Gilles Colson born at Dijon.
1803
Jean-François Gilles Colson died at Paris.
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Dijon.
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Paris.
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- 1.Gazette des beaux-arts : courrier européen de l'art et de la curiosité. Gallica. 1898-07.
- 2.Le Repos ; Une jeune fille surprise par le sommeil. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 3.Revue d'Ardenne & d'Argonne : scientifique, historique, littéraire et artistique / publiée par la Société d'études ardennaises "La Bruyère". Gallica. 1910.
- 4.Le Voleur illustré : cabinet de lecture universel. Gallica. 1880-05-07.
- 5.Le Repos de Colson, une œuvre à double sens. calameo.com.
- 6.Le Repos. Musée du Louvre.
- 7.Base Arcade. www2.culture.gouv.fr.
- 8.L'Action. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 9.Portrait de Madame Véron de Forbonnais. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 10.Portrait de François Véron de Forbonnais. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 11.Portrait d'homme, grand-croix de l'ordre de Saint-Louis. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 12.Samuel Foote title QS:P1476,en:"Samuel Foote ". 1769date QS:P571,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9.
- 13.Portrait de peintre : autoportrait ?. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 14.PORTRAIT DE LA COMTESSE DE PIRE, NEE HELENE MARIE EON DU VIEUX-CHATEL. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 15.PORTRAIT DE LA COMTESSE DE ROSNYVINEN DE PIRE, NEE HELENE MARIE EON DU VIEUX-CHATEL. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 16.Portrait du Duc de Bouillon. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 17.PORTRAIT DE LA COMTESSE HAY DE BONTEVILLE NEE OLYMPE MARIE DE ROSNYVINEN DE PIRE. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 18.Portrait de Balthazar Sage. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 19.PORTRAIT D'HOMME. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 20.Portrait d'homme. Musée du Louvre.
- 21.PORTRAIT DE PIERRE MARIE DE ROSNYVINEN DE PIRE (1738-1802). www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 22.Portrait d'homme (Anciennement considéré comme le portrait de Métastase). www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 23.Portrait d'Hélène Vassel. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 24.Portrait de femme autrefois identifiée comme Mme Geoffrin Paris Musées. www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
- 25.Portrait de femme. Paris Musées. www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
- 26.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 27.Fichier:1793 - Sylvie by Colson.jpg
- 28.La Comédie-Française : 1680-1980 : [exposition, Paris, 23 avril-27 juillet] 1980, Bibliothèque nationale / [préf. de Georges Le Rider et Jacques Toja]. 1980.
- 29.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 30.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 31.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 32.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 33.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 34.Base Salons. salons.musee-orsay.fr.
- 35.Portrait du père de l'artiste. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 36.Portrait d'homme avec son chien. Musée du Louvre.
- 37.JEAN-FANÇOIS COLSON [sic] (1733 - 1803). Osenat.
- 38.Portrait de Jean-Nicolas Servandoni (1695-1766), peintre et architecte Paris Musées. www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
- 39.Servandoni. Paris Musées. www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr.
- 40.Tableau, cadre : jeune liseuse. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 41.Tableau, cadre : jeune liseuse, vue générale. www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 42.PORTRAIT DE GUILLAUME MARIE DE ROSNYVINEN DE PIRE (1713-1796). www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- 43.Base des œuvres des musées de Paris.
- 44.Le patrimoine de l'Ecole des mines de Paris, monographie de l'Ecole du Louvre. 2001.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- C. P. Landon, Nouvelles des arts, peinture, sculpture, architecture et gravure, tome 3, , Paris, 1803 (lire en ligne)
- Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, tome 9, , chez Michaud Frères libraires, Paris, 1813 (lire en ligne)
- Maurice Tourneux, "Petits maîtres oubliés, Jean-Baptiste et Jean-François Colson", Gazette des beaux-arts : courrier européen de l'art et de la curiosité, 1898, p. 337-340, (lire en ligne)
- Henri Chabeuf, "Le peintre Jean-François Gilles dit Colson", La Revue de Bourgogne, p. 296-306, 1916 (lire en ligne)
- Charles Saunier, « Colson et les ducs de Bouillon, le Château de Navarre », Les Arts, , 1920.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jean François Colson, Gilles Colson, Jean-François Gilles, Jean Francois Gilles and Jean Francois Colson. His recorded language was French. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Work by Jean-François Gilles Colson is
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Musée Carnavalet
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