Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (11 November 1738 – 7 May 1826) was a writer, illustrator and painter of French history. He was the father of artist Élise Bruyère.
Also recorded as Jean Jacques Francois Lebarbier II · Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier · Jean Jacques François Barbier · Jean Jacques François Lebarbier
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier

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- Name
- Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
- Born
- 11 November 1738
- Birthplace
- Rouen, France
- Died
- 7 May 1826
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Known for
- Painter, illustrator, writer and philosopher
- Movement
- Orientalist
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- history
- Movements
- Neoclassicism
- Education
- École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen
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Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (11 November 1738 – 7 May 1826) was a writer, illustrator and painter of French history. He was the father of artist Élise Bruyère.
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Biography
Biography
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen. Training under Jean-Baptiste Descamps is recorded. Élise Bruyère is recorded as having studied under Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rouen, Paris and Switzerland. Work by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Hessen Kassel Heritage, Portland Art Museum and Musée d'Art de Toulon.

Joseph Blum. Stipple engraving by Bentely after J. J. F. Le Barbier., by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
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Leuk Spa, Switzerland: mount Gemmi. Etching by I.S. Helman after J.J.F. le Barbier., 1784, by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier • Born — 11 November 1738 • Birthplace — Rouen, France • Died — 7 May 1826 • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — Painter, illustrator, writer and philosopher • Notable Works — Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen • Movement — Orientalist
Work
Work
His most famous work was a representation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen made in 1789. He also designed the suite of tapestries of the four continents (1790–91). • Illustration — Le Barbier's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen • Illustration — Africa from a set of The Four Continents • Illustration — Asia from a set of The Four Continents • Illustration — Turkish Bathscape 1785, illustration from the book, The Harem • Illustration — The Hammam 1785 • Illustration — The First Man and the First Woman, 1798, exhibited at the Salon of 1801 • Illustration — A Spartan Woman Giving a Shield to Her Son, before 1826 Select list of work • Courage des femmes de Sparte se défendant contre les Messéniens, Musée du Louvre, Paris; • Étude de femme en fureur, Musée Magnin de Dijon; • Henri IV et Sully à Fontainebleau, Musée des beaux-arts de Pau; • Jupiter endormi sur le mont Ida, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris; • La Grotte d’Égérie, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen; • Le Vieux Mari, Musée Cantini de Marseille; • Les Amants surpris, Musée Cantini de Marseille; • Martyre de saint Sébastien, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen; • Scène d’Amérique du Nord, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen; • Un Canadien et sa femme pleurant sur le tombeau de leur enfant, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, tableau interprété en gravure par François Robert Ingouf; • Le Courage héroïque du jeune Désilles, le 31 août 1790, à l'Affaire de Nancy, Vizille, musée de la Révolution française; • L'Apothéose de Rameau, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Toul; • Portrait de Madame Roland, Musée d'art de Toulon; • L'Apothéose de Lulli, Musée d'Art et d'histoire de Toul; • La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789, Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Jacques Francois Lebarbier II, Jean-Jacques-François Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François Barbier, Jean Jacques François Lebarbier and Jean Jacques Francois, the elder Le Barbier. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Élise Bruyère. Other recorded relations include Louis Bruyère.
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1738
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier was born on 29 November 1738.
1826
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier died on 1 January 1826.
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Rouen.
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Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier is associated with Neoclassicism.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3166330: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
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- “Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime Registre de baptêmes de Rouen, Paroisse de Saint-Maclou, vue 233 / 282
- 2.Archives Fonds Andriveau, 8 août 1765
- 3.Conservé au musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.
- 4.Académie des Beaux-arts. Page sur Le Barbier.
- 5.Académie des beaux-arts. Liste des titulaires du fauteuil numéro X.
- 6.Archives de Paris Inhumation du 09/05/1826, vue 17 / 31
- 7.Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier The Triumph of Flora Nationalmuseum. collection.nationalmuseum.se.
- 8.Base Joconde 50110000818 Étude de femme en fureur .
- 9.Base Joconde 000PE001706 Courage des femmes de Sparte se défendant contre les Messéniens .
- 10.Base Joconde 07290021628 Un Canadien et sa femme pleurant sur le tombeau de leur enfant .
- 11.« François Robert Ingouf », in: Dictionnaire Bénézit, tome 7, Gründ, 1999, .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Ferdinand Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 30, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1859, .
- Théodore-Éloi Lebreton, Biographie rouennaise, Rouen, Le Brument, 1865, .
- Noémi-Noire Oursel, Nouvelle Biographie normande, Paris, Picard, 1886, .
- Julie Viroulaud, « Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier l'Aîné et les francs-maçons : autour d'une œuvre d'inspiration maçonnique, la Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen », La revue des musées de France, , , .
- Claude Thiébault, sous la direction d’Antoine Schnapper, Recherches sur Le Barbier l’Aîné. Essai de catalogue de son œuvre peint, maîtrise (inédite) d’histoire de l’art, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), UER d’Art et d’Archéologie, 1987. -->
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Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen. He trained under Jean-Baptiste Descamps. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
His work is associated with Neoclassicism. He belonged to Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen and Académie des beaux-arts. He worked at Rouen, Paris, Switzerland and Rome. Classed in the genre history painting. Recorded with the occupation painter. Barbier worked at Switzerland. Recorded as having studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Victoria, Hessen Kassel Heritage and Portland Art Museum
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