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Molière

Also known as: Molière; primary name: Molière; other name: Molière, Jean Baptiste; other name: Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste; other name: Poquelin, Jean Baptiste
Details: individual; author/poet; actor/entertainer; French; Male
Life dates: 1622-1673
Biography: Actor and playwright; b. Jean Baptiste Poquelin, stage name Molière, which he took c.1644; author of satirical plays, including 'Les Précieuses Ridicules' (1659), 'L'Ecole des Femmes' (1662), 'Tartuffe' (1664, banned), 'Don Juan' (1665, banned); founded his own troupe with actress Marianne Béjart, 'L'Illustre Théâtre', in 1643 (later became 'La Troupe de Molière'); married actress Armande Béjart (q.v.), in 1662; died after suffering a fit of coughing and haemorrhaging whilst performing 'Le Malade Imaginaire' (1673).
Bibliography: Paul Lacroix, Iconographie Molieresque, Paris 1872

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Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Eugène Ernest Hillemacher |
Production date: 1870 |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1898,1123.102 |
Producer name: BIOG34569 Print made by:Adolphe Lalauze |
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Museum number: 1914,0228.2592 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eugène André ChampollionAfter:Alexandre Louis Leloir |
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print

Museum number: 1901,1022.630 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Hopwood the youngerAfter:Charles Antoine Coypel |
Production date: 1820-1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2730 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas MartinezAfter:Laurent Cars |
Production date: 1873-1874

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,0113.522 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Jean Sorieul |
Production date: 1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0814.1849 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Le Malade imaginaire |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2996 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent CarsAfter:François Boucher |
Production date: 1734

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,0113.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Eugène Ernest Hillemacher |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: Suite d'estampes des principaux sujets des comédies de Molière |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tiburce de MareAfter:François Joullain |
Production date: 1855-1900 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Jean Baptis. Molière |
Museum number: 1901,1022.633 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste CompagnieAfter:Pierre Mignard |
Production date: 1790-1820 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2672 |
Producer name: BIOG30560 Print made by:Jules Armand Hanriot |
Production date: 1880

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2668 |
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Production date: 1880

print

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Museum number: 1914,0228.2744 |
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Production date: 1890

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Title: The Importunate Author |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1658 |
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Production date: 1821

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print; book-illustration

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Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Jacques Leveau |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Molière |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Rémi DelvauxAfter:Pierre Mignard |
Production date: 1770-1823

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2595 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eugène André ChampollionAfter:Alexandre Louis Leloir |
Production date: 1880-1890s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1980,U.1583 |
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Production date: 1772

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Production date: 1815-1830

print; book-illustration

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print

Museum number: 1914,0228.2334 |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2648 |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1898,1123.117 |
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Museum number: 1914,0228.2581 |
Producer name: Print made by:Émile BoilvinAfter:François Boucher |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0814.1842 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0228.2558 |
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print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,0113.538 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Eugène Ernest Hillemacher |
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