Artist: Alexandre-francois Desportes (1661 - 1743)
Nationality: French
Movement: Baroque
Media: Paintng
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Biography:
Alexandre-Francois Desportes began studying painting at the age of twelve at the insistence of his father. After living in Poland for a short while painting portraits of the Polish royal family, he returned to France to specialize in hunting scenes and still lifes. He soon became the preferred painter of King Louis XIV and King Louis XV of France who commissioned him to paint their hunts and favorite dogs. Desportes also decorated several royal houses and designed tapestries.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes, study for a tapestry Alexandre François Desportes (French, 1661-1743)Oil on
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Still Life with Silver Alexandre François Desportes (French, 1661-1743)Oil on canvas; 103 x 73 3/4
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Alexandre Francois Desportes - Landscape with a Dog and Partridges 1719 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Alexandre Francois Desportes - Sketches of a kitten n.d. oil on buff paper The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Alexandre Francois Desportes - A floral composition n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Pair of Three-Panel Screens
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Francois-Marie-Louis-Alexandre Gobinet de Villecholle Franck, Rue Royale, Paris, 1871
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Four-Panel Screen
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Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands
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Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, l827–1910), 1867 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 69 1/2
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Francois Bonvin, Francois Bonvin gravant a l"eau forte, 1861
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Etienne Carjatt - Alexandre Dumas 1865 albumen print University of California, Berkeley Art Museum French
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Honore Daumier - Alexandre Lecomte c. 1832-1929 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - Alexandre Brongniart 1777 marble National Gallery of Art French
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Four Tapestries in the Don Quixote Series
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Francois-Guillaume Menageot - The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of Francois I c. 1781 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Artist: attributed to François Lemoine and or possibly Jean-François de Troy Title: Cleopatra Date: 18th
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Alexandre Calame, La Mer / The Sea, 1851
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Paul Gauguin - Madame Alexandre Kohler 1887-1888 oil on linen National Gallery of Art French
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Honore Daumier - Alexandre-Simon Pataille c. 1832-1929 bronze National Gallery of Art French
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Alexandre Calame, Near Geneva, 1851
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Alexandre Calame, Twilight, 1852
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Alexandre Calame, The Tyrrhene Sea, 1851
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ThÈophile Alexandre Steinlen, BAT - 10" AF, 1915
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Alexandre Jakovlev, Himalayan Landscape, 1931
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Alexandre Clement, Reunion des Artistes, 1805
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Alexandre Calame, Route de Grimsel, 1853
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Alexandre Calame, Lake Geneva, 1852
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Alexandre Clement, Reunion des Artistes, 1805
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ThÈodore Chasseriau, Alexandre Mourousi, 1855
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Alexandre Bida, Odalisque, 19th century
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Abel Lurat, Alexandre Falguiere, 1887
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Alexandre Jakovlev, Carriebelle Tulley, 1935
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Alexandre Calame, Lake Lucerne, 1852
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Alexandre Calame, Lake Geneva, 1851
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Alexandre Calame, Lake of Brientz, 1852
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Alexandre Calame, The Reichenbach near Rosenlain, 1852
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Alexandre Calame, Lake Geneva, 1851
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ThÈophile Alexandre Steinlen, Ah! Jeunesse, 1915
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Alexandre Calame, Souvenir d"Italie, 1851

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