Maupérin
Maupérin (fl. 1766-c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 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 Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh,[1] 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.[2]
He also exhibited some of his works at the Louvre after the French Revolution.
Paintings
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Portrait of Pigneau de Béhaine, 1787, by Maupérin.
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Portrait of the Vietnamese Crown Prince Nguyen Phuc Canh, eldest son of Emperor Gia Long, 1787, by Maupérin.
Notes
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- ↑ Les Missions, p.106
- ↑ Missions Étrangères de Paris official website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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References
- Les Missions Etrangères. Trois siècles et demi d'histoire et d'aventure en Asie Editions Perrin, 2008, Template:ISBN