Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
Painter of French history and revolution
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier was a writer, illustrator and painter of French history. By 1780 he was an official painter of the King of France. He was the father of artist Élise Bruyère. His most famous work was a representation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen made in 1789. He also designed the suite of tapestries of the four contingents (1790–91).
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Master student
- Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre Master
Artworks by this artist (11 total)
- Design for a Torchère ca. 1770[-]90
- A female Turkish Bath 1785
- The Grimsel Pass 1776-1780
- Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen. 1789
- Cupid in a Tree
- Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen 1789
- Bacchanal ca. 1765[-]66
- La Magnanimite de Lycurgue (The Magnanimity of Lycurgus) 1791
- The offering to Venus 1778
- The Education of the children of Sparta 1796
- Le Courage Héroïque Du Jeune Désilles, Le 31 Août 1790, À L’affaire De Nancy