The duc d'Antin, the royal administration of pictures, and the painting competition of 1727

• Autores: Candace Clements
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 78, Nº 4, 1996, págs. 647-662
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A study of selected episodes from the duc d'Antin's tenure as head of the French royal department of Bâtiments (1708–36) suggests that he made a distinction between patronage and performance in his commissioning and deployment of pictures for a mainly court audience. A closer examination of a seeming exception, the history painting competition of 1727, analyzes how d'Antin's proposal of the event confirmed this pattern, and how its execution outstripped his probable intentions, producing a figuration of modern exhibitions and publics markedly unlike older models.