File:Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667.PNG

Summary

Establishment of the French Academy of Sciences and of Paris Observatory

Artist



Alternative names	Charles Lebrun
Description	French painter, architect, decorator, designer, graphic artist and printmaker
Date of birth/death	24 February 1619	12 February 1690
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris (....-1642), Rome (1642-1646), Paris (1646-....), Versailles (1679-1684, 1886)
Authority file	: Q271676 VIAF: 59097680 ISNI: 0000000121016536 ULAN: 500016215 LCCN: n78072045 MusicBrainz: 555f758c-b66c-4188-aeb0-ab9915ebf9aa WorldCat

Henri Testelin (1616–1695)
Alternative names	Henry Testelin; Henri Tettelin
Description	French painter and theorist
Date of birth/death	1616	17 April 1695
Location of birth/death	Paris	The Hague
Work location	Paris (1636–1681); The Hague (1685–1695)
Authority file	: Q3086677 VIAF: 5002555 ISNI: 000000008084166X ULAN: 500032083 LCCN: no91023141 WGA: t/testelin WorldCat

Author

Henri Testelin (1616–1695)
Alternative names	Henry Testelin; Henri Tettelin
Description	French painter and theorist
Date of birth/death	1616	17 April 1695
Location of birth/death	Paris	The Hague
Work location	Paris (1636–1681); The Hague (1685–1695)
Authority file	: Q3086677 VIAF: 5002555 ISNI: 000000008084166X ULAN: 500032083 LCCN: no91023141 WGA: t/testelin WorldCat

Title

French:

Etablissement de l'Académie des Sciences et fondation de l'observatoire, 1666

Establishment of the French Academy of Sciences and of Paris Observatory

Object type

painting

Description

English: Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667

Français : Colbert présente à Louis XIV les membres de l'Académie Royale des Sciences créée en 1667

Date

17^th century

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 348 cm (11.4 ft) ; width: 590 cm (19.3 ft)

Collection

Palace of Versailles

	Native name	Château de Versailles
	Parent institution	Palace and Park of Versailles
	Location	Château de Versailles Place d’Armes 78000 Versailles, [[:Category:Yvelines\|LangSwitch Error: no default]] France
	Coordinates	48° 48′ 17.3″ N, 2° 07′ 13.2″ E
	Established	from 1624 until 1790 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1624-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : built 1837: opened to public
	Website	en.chateauversailles.fr
	Authority file	: Q2946 VIAF: 127977992 ISNI: 0000000417949458 ULAN: 500312482 LCCN: sh85022755 NAID: 10038353 WorldCat

Accession number

MR 2522
INV 2982
MV 2074 (Museum of the History of France)

References

https://www.photo.rmn.fr/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&IID=2C6NU0HSUWLJ
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/testelin/colbert.html
https://www.leidenuniv.nl/fsw/verduin/stathist/huygens/acad1666/intro.htm
http://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#688993a8-2dfb-4ce0-8749-f969c40ffb05
Joconde work ID: 000PE005294

Authority file

: Q66823496
Joconde: 000PE005294

Source/Photographer

[1]

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