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Summary

anonymous: Portrait of René Descartes

Artist



Alternative names	Frans Franchoisz Hals
Description	Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1582 or 1583 date QS:P,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1583-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	26 August 1666
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Haarlem
Work period	between circa 1603 and circa 1666 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1666-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Haarlem (1608–1616); Antwerp (1616–1616); Haarlem (1617–1666)
Authority file	: Q167654 VIAF: 100165653 ISNI: 000000011453225X ULAN: 500027794 LCCN: n78091972 NLA: 35164870 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of René Descartes (1596-1650)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

René Descartes

Date

circa 1649-1700

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 77.5 cm (30.5 in); width: 68.5 cm (26.9 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Richelieu, 2^nd floor, room 27

Accession number

INV. 1317

Object history

18^th century: collection of the dukes of Orléans
1785: acquired by Louis XVI de France (1754-1793), France

References

Base Atlas
Base Joconde
RKDimages, Art-work number 181018

Authority file

Source/Photographer

André Hatala [e.a.] (1997) De eeuw van Rembrandt, Bruxelles: Crédit communal de Belgique, ISBN 2-908388-32-4.

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