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Artists›François Verdier

François Verdier

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1902-10-5
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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François-Alexandre Verdier was a French painter, draftsman and engraver. He was a student and assistant of Charles Le Brun.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

Kneeling Woman

1681 · Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on card

27.1 × 19.5 cm (10 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Draped Woman Holding Urn

1671 · Red chalk, over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper

25.9 × 25.3 cm (10 1/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triumph of Amphitrite

1671 · Pen and black ink and black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on grayish brown laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

27.7 × 39.2 cm (10 15/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Presentation of the Virgin

1671 · Black crayon and brush and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

35.7 × 26.3 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Meeting of Two Kings

1671 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, pieced together and laid down on blue laid paper

13.8 × 24.1 cm (5 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

1671 · Black crayon and brush and black and gray wash, heightened with traces of white gouache, on tan laid paper (pieced together), laid down on tan wove card

27.5 × 55.2 cm (10 7/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venus naast haar wagen op de wolken gezeten

1661 · pen on paper, ink

height: 215 cm, width: 155 cm

Rijksmuseum

Studie van een knielend naakt meisje

1661 · chalk, paper

width: 215 cm, height: 275 cm

Rijksmuseum

Studie van een rustende man

1661 · chalk, paper

height: 273 cm, width: 243 cm

Rijksmuseum

Gods on Olympus

1614 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper, pieced together and laid down on ivory laid paper

16.8 × 31 cm (6 5/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img

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3 entries · 1 sources

Studie van een rustende man
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Venus naast haar wagen op de wolken gezeten
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Studie van een knielend naakt meisje
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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