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{{short description|French painter}}

'''Maupérin''' ([[floruit|fl.]] 1766-{{circa|1800}}) was a French painter of the 18th century who produced works for [[Louis XVI]].

Maupérin was a painter of some reputation. On 31 December 1766, he obtained the third medal of the [[Académie Royale]]. He was a member of the [[Académie de Saint-Luc]], where some of his works were put on display in 1774.

He notably painted the young [[Vietnam]]ese Prince [[Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh]],<ref>''Les Missions'', p.106</ref> and Father [[Pigneau de Béhaine]] of the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]], during their embassy in Paris in 1787. These paintings are now located at the Paris Foreign Missions Society.<ref>[http://www.mepasie.org/ Missions Étrangères de Paris official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315070438/http://www.mepasie.org/ |date=2011-03-15 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

He also exhibited some of his works at the [[Louvre]] after the [[French Revolution]].

==Paintings==
<gallery>
Image:Pigneau de Behaine MEP portrait.jpg|Portrait of [[Pigneau de Béhaine]], 1787, by Maupérin.
Image:Prince Canh MEP.jpg|Portrait of the Vietnamese Crown Prince [[Nguyen Phuc Canh]], eldest son of Emperor [[Gia Long]], 1787, by Maupérin.
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
*''Les Missions Etrangères. Trois siècles et demi d'histoire et d'aventure en Asie'' Editions Perrin, 2008, {{ISBN|978-2-262-02571-7}}

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