Category:Portrait of Voltaire (Nicolas de Largillière - Versailles MV 8159)

**François-Marie Arouet known as Voltaire**
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Voltaire;
Depicts	Voltaire
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	portrait;
Creator	Nicolas de Largillière;
Collection	Palace of Versailles; Museum of the History of France;
Inventory number	MV 8159 (Museum of the History of France);
Inception	1720s (before 1725, after 1724);
Width	65 cm;
Height	81 cm;
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Portrait of Voltaire (Nicolas de Largillière - Versailles MV 8159)

Artist



Alternative names	Nicolas de Largillierre
Description	French painter, portraitist and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	10 October 1656 (in Julian calendar)	20 March 1746
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	London (1686–1688); Paris (1680–1746); Great Britain (1675–1679); Antwerp (1662–1674); Great Britain
Authority file	: Q550302 VIAF: 71513528 ISNI: 0000000073580529 ULAN: 500011561 LCCN: n85101518 WGA: l/largilli Open Library: OL5661149A GND: 118778811 SELIBR: 277520 SUDOC: 050603329 BNF: 12652224j NKC: ola2002150753 SBN: TO0V483978 BNE: XX1517595 KulturNav: 23721fba-2610-4bf2-a4eb-050d2d4d7ff1 RKD: 48121 J9U: 987007597697705171 Koninklijke: 070592624 WorldCat

Title

French:

François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet known as Voltaire

Object type

Genre

Depicted people

Date

between 1724 and 1725

Medium

Dimensions

height: 81 cm (31.8 in)

; width: 65 cm (25.5 in)

Collection

Museum of the History of France

	Native name	Musée de l’Histoire de France
	Parent institution	Palace of Versailles
	Location	Versailles
	Coordinates	48° 48′ 16″ N, 2° 07′ 19″ E
	Established	1833
	Website	www.museehistoiredefrance.fr
	Authority file	: Q3329787 VIAF: 136752806 ISNI: 0000000121654802 LCCN: n83019688 SUDOC: 026393549 NKC: ko2007416902 WorldCat

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″ N, 2° 07′ 13″ 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

Object history

Provenance:

offert par Voltaire à Suzanne de Corsembleu de Livry, future marquise de Gouvernet ;
collection Rhoné ; collection Poussin ;
vente Poussin, Paris, avril 1863, n°26 ; collection Bloch-Levallois ;
vente Bloch-Levallois, galerie Georges Petit, 25-26 mars 1924, n°17 ;
collection de Cobo ;
vente Paris, Galliera, 5 décembre 1961, n°17 ;
collection Uleri ;
don sous réserve d'usufruit de Stefano-Massimo Uleri, 1962 ;
entré à Versailles à l'extinction de l'usufruit à la suite du décès de Mme Uleri, 26 juin 2002 ;
mentionné en réserve à la Petite Ecurie, 28 octobre 2002 ;
accroché dans l'appartement de la Dauphine, avril 2003

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