Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
Also recorded as Joseph Siffrède Duplessis · Joseph Siffred Duplessis · Joseph Silfrède Duplessis · Joseph Sifrede Duplessis
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis · Public domain
- Born
- 1725. · Carpentras.
- Died
- 1802. · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter and draftsperson.
- Fields
- painting.
- Teachers
- Pierre Subleyras.
- Known for
- Portrait of Louis XVI and King of France.
- Languages
- French.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Biography
Biography
Training under Pierre Subleyras is recorded. Marie-Geneviève Bouliard is recorded as having studied under Joseph-Siffred Duplessis. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Carpentras and Paris. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France. Work by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and Palace of Versailles.
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Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (22 September 1725 – 1 April 1802) was a painter. Joseph-Siffred Duplessis was born in Carpentras, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Carpentras (Vaucluse). Joseph-Siffred Duplessis died in Versailles, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Versailles (Yvelines).
Benjamin Franklin. Engraving after J. S. Duplessis, 1778., 1778, by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Benjamin Franklin. Oil (?) painting after J. S. Duplessis., by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1725
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis was born in 1725 at Carpentras.
1802
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis died in 1802 at Versailles.
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Carpentras.
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Versailles.
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- 1.His middle name has also been given as Siffrède or Siffrein (Lester C. Olsen, Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community, 2004, p. xiii).
- 2.The original disappeared, but has been identified in the Musée Ingres, Montauban (ref Ministère).
- 3.Duplessis received many commissions for duplicates: one is at the National Portrait Gallery, London; another at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Joseph Siffrède Duplessis, Joseph Siffred Duplessis, Joseph Silfrède Duplessis, Joseph Sifrede Duplessis and Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis. His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. He trained under Pierre Subleyras. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Duplessis worked in painting. Recorded position is court painter. He belonged to Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He worked at Rome, Carpentras, Paris and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum
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