Joseph Vernet correspondence, 1759-1784.

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Joseph Vernet correspondence, 1759-1784.

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Collection includes eight letters, three letters received and a copy of a eulogy read before the French Academy in memory of Vernet. The letters are addressed to: Vernet's patron Girardot de Marigny, primarily concerning payment (1778-1783); the engraver Jean Georges Wille (1760); and the painter Dumons. Letters received are from Charles Selwin concerning the transport of paintings (1759); and from Elie Catherine Freron (1770). The Selwin letter contains four small pencil sketches of washerwomen, presumably in the hand of the artist. With one document concerning payment for delivery of paintings (1763). In chronological order.

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Wille, Johann Georg, 1715-1808

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Né en Hesse en 1715 d’une famille de meuniers, Johan Georg Wille apprit le métier d’armurier à Strasbourg auprès de Georg Friedrich Schmidt, puis à l’âge de vingt ans partit pour la France. Wille fut graveur de la cour des rois Louis XV, Frédéric II et Frédéric V. Il se rendit en Allemagne en 1746, mais revint à Paris l’année suivante où il vécut jusqu’à sa mort en 1797. Les plus célèbres peintres français lui confièrent leurs ouvrages à graver, mais il a également effectué des gravures d’après ...

Selwin, Charles, 1716?-1794

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Fréron, Élie-Catherine, 1718-1776

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Fréron was a French critic and writer, known for his attacks on Voltaire and the Encyclopedists; Villenave was a poet, writer, and biographer. From the guide to the Élie Catherine Fréron papers, 1757-1815 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Fréron was a French critic and writer, known for his attacks on Voltaire and the Encyclopedists; Villenave was a poet, writer, and biographer. From the description of Papers, 1757-181...

Vernet, Joseph, 1714-1789

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French painter. From the description of Joseph Vernet correspondence, 1759-1784. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81780067 ...

Marigny, Girardot de.

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