Barthelemy Du Pan

Portrait King George II

Barthélemy Du Pan (born August 18, 1712 in Geneva ; † January 4, 1763 there ) was a Geneva portraitist . He was active at the Dutch royal house of Orange and at the English royal house.

biography

Barthélemy du Pan, like many members of his family, initially studied law and became a lawyer in 1735. In 1737 he went to Paris to study painting with Charles Joseph Natoire . He continued his studies in Rome . After graduating, he worked as a portrait painter. He portrayed members of royal families in the Netherlands and in England from 1743 to 1747 . In 1743 Du Pan married his cousin Marie Gallatin in Geneva. In 1750 he came to Dublin , where he painted the portraits of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington and John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and of Orrey. In 1757 he joined the Petit Conseil , the highest authority in the Geneva government, and ended his artistic activity.

At the instigation of the Geneva philosopher and lawyer Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, his sons André-Patrick and Jean-Antoine attended the newly founded public drawing school, where they learned the goldsmith's trade. Barthelemy Du Pan became a trustee in 1761 and died two years later.

literature

• *: Dupan (Du Pan), Barthélmy . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 150–151 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Renate Treydel: Dupan (Du Pan), Barthélmy . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 31, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22771-X , p. 31.

Web links

Commons : Barthélemy Du Pan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Danielle Buyssens: You Pan, Barthélemy. In: Sikart
• Danielle Buyssens: You Pan, Barthélemy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Barthelemy Dupan. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)