File:Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon - Versailles MV 2994.png
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anonymous: Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788), naturaliste
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788), naturaliste |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1761 (the date of 1753, which appears in his portrait, corresponds to that of his election at the French Academy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 63 cm (24.8 in); width: 52 cm (20.4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MV 2994 |
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| Object history | Fait partie d'un ensemble de 94 portraits d'académiciens commencé en 1685 à l'initiative de l'abbé de Dangeau, alors directeur. Collection de l'Académie française. Saisie révolutionnaire le 24 juillet 1794. Passé au musée des Monuments français. Remis au bibliothécaire de l'Institut le 12 septembre 1803. Donné par l'Institut à Louis-Philippe pour les Galeries historiques de Versailles en 1839. 1850 : aile du Nord, attique, salle 141 dite "des Académiciens". 1855 et 1861 : aile du Midi, attique, salle 152. Mentionné en réserve, 15 février 1967. Dépôt à Paris, Institut de France, Académie française, le 28 avril 1989. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | chateauversailles.fr ; Joconde database: entry 000PE006035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | photo.rmn.fr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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