File:Colbert1666.jpg

Summary

Philippe de Champaigne: Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)

Artist



Alternative names	Philippe de Champagne
Description	French painter, ornamental painter, court painter and teacher
Date of birth/death	26 May 1602	12 August 1674
Location of birth/death	City of Brussels	Paris
Work period	1621–1674
Work location	Paris (1621–1674), City of Brussels (1627, 1655)
Authority file	: Q314814 VIAF: 4917729 ISNI: 0000000121184193 ULAN: 500115355 LCCN: n86871334 NLA: 35988552 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Caption from the museum's website

In 1651 Colbert joined the household of Cardinal Mazarin, principal advisor to Queen Anne of Austria during the minority of Louis XIV (1638–1715), and one of the great collectors of the seventeenth century. Having recouped the cardinal’s fortune, Colbert entered the king’s service and, ten years after he sat for this portrait, was appointed minister of finance. He was instrumental in reforming the arts to serve the monarchy. In 1648, he and Charles Le Brun took charge of the Académie Royale and in 1666 founded the French Academy in Rome.

Depicted people

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Date

1655

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 92.1 cm (36.2 in) ; width: 72.4 cm (28.5 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery 634

Accession number

51.34

Object history

Provenance:

Princess Isabella Lubomirska, Vienna (until d. 1816);
her nephew, Prince Henryk Lubomirski, Vienna and Przeworsk, Poland (from 1816);
Lubomirski family [possibly Ossolineum National Establishment] Lwów, Poland (by 1853–at least 1882);
[Greta Ring at Paul Cassirer Galleries, London, until 1948;
sold to Wildenstein];
[Wildenstein, London and New York, 1948–51]

Exhibition history

Exhibition History

Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Spis obrazów skladajacych wystawe urzadzona na korzysé ochron krakowskich," 1853, no. 60 [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Wystawa obrazów dawnych mistrzów . . . [Exhibition of Old Masters]," 1882, unnumbered cat. [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
Kraków, Poland. location unknown. "Spis obrazów znajdujacych sie na wystawie urzadzonej na rzecz Tow. Dobroczynnosoi . . .," 1882, no. 64 [see Ryszkiewicz 1963].
Paris. Orangerie des Tuileries. "Philippe de Champaigne," January 31–March 31, 1952, no. 41.
Ghent. Museum voor Schone Kunsten. "Philippe de Champaigne," April 10–May 20, 1952, no. 41.
Jacksonville, Fla. Cummer Gallery of Art. "The Age of Louis XIII," October 29–December 7, 1969, no. 17.
St. Petersburg, Fla. Museum of Fine Arts. "The Age of Louis XIII," January 5–February 8, 1970, no. 17.
Palacio Real de Madrid and Palacio Real de Aranjuez. "Cortes del Barroco: De Bernini y Velázquez a Luca Giordano," October 15, 2003–January 11, 2004, no. 13.10.
Rome. Scuderie Papali al Quirinale. "Velázquez, Bernini, Luca Giordano: le corti del barocco," February 12–May 2, 2004, no. 13.10.
Washington. National Portrait Gallery. "Permanent Collection from 1600 to 1900," July 4–September 30, 2006, no catalogue [included in installation of permanent collection to celebrate reopening of Gallery].
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. "Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674): Entre politique et dévotion," April 27–August 15, 2007, no. 81.
Geneva. Musée Rath. "Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674): Entre politique et dévotion," September 20, 2007–January 13, 2008, no. 81.

References

The Met object ID: 435886
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: 3QGpcS-fic7kJw
Artstor artwork ID: 18427666

Source/Photographer

Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 435886)

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	18:08, 15 July 2010	1,424 × 1,808 (1.36 MB)	Sir Gawain	better quality
	18:25, 9 November 2006	663 × 874 (116 KB)	Louis le Grand~commonswiki	*Colbert

Author	Philippe de Champaigne
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