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Jean Racine

Also known as: Jean Racine; primary name: Racine, Jean
Details: individual; author/poet; French; Male
Life dates: 1639-1699
Biography: Dramatist, rival of Corneille (q.v) and one of the main figures of French classical tragedy; author of several plays, including 'Andromaque' (1667), 'Britannicus' (1669) and 'Phèdre' (1677), then retired in 1677 and took the charge of royal historiographer; at the request of Madame de Maintenon (q.v), wrote two last plays for the convent of Saint-Cyr, 'Esther' (1689) and 'Athalie' (1691).

210 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0322.1 |
Producer name: BIOG28989 Attributed to:Claude Gillot |
Production date: 1688-1722

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.58 |
Producer name: BIOG205406 Drawn by:Pierre Jean Baptiste Choquet |
Production date: 1815

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.56 |
Producer name: BIOG41364 Drawn by:Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet |
Production date: 1815-1816

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.60 |
Producer name: BIOG205406 Drawn by:Pierre Jean Baptiste Choquet |
Production date: 1815

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.59 |
Producer name: BIOG205406 Drawn by:Pierre Jean Baptiste Choquet |
Production date: 1816

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0208.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Louis ChéronFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1723

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.57 |
Producer name: BIOG205406 Drawn by:Pierre Jean Baptiste Choquet |
Production date: 1816

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7022.8 |
Producer name: BIOG51177 Drawn by:Hugh William 'Grecian' Williams |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.640 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.616 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.622.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.620.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.639 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.624 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Nicolas Antoine Taunay |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.636 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.663 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.667 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.668 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.669 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.901 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.644 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Nicolas Antoine Taunay |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.634 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.637 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.633 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.638 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.659 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: Princes trop généreux... Croquis d'été |
Museum number: 1918,0511.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Honoré DaumierPrinted by:Aubert & Cie |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: F. J. Talma, dans Néron |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3920 |
Producer name: Print made by:Parfait AugrandAfter:Muneret |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Le Parnasse François dédié au Roy |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean AudranAfter:Louis Garnier |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.7 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Antoine Louis Romanet |
Production date: 1798-1805

print

Title: Mollière lisant son Tartufe chez Ninon de l'Enclos |
Museum number: 1930,0130.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Louis AnselinAfter:Nicolas André Monsiau |
Production date: 1810-1812 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Racine |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2404 |
Producer name: BIOG146446 Printed by:Delpech |
Production date: 1820-1840

print

Title: M.lle Champmelée dans Iphigénie en Aulide |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2805 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte LecomtePrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Title: Racine (Jean) Poète Tragique +1699 Galeries Historiques de Versailles |
Museum number: 1901,1022.768 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1835-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.20 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:E J Glairon-Mondet |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.30 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.293 |
Producer name: BIOG49542 Print made by:Philippus Velyn |
Production date: 1802-1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste Michel DupréelAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.42 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Joseph Fischer |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.11 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Simonet |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.28 |
Producer name: After:Gioacchino Giuseppe SerangeliPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.6 |
Producer name: After:Jean Guillaume MoittePrint made by:Maurice Blot |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.52 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Jacques Joseph Coiny |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Title: J. Racine |
Museum number: 1901,1022.770 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre François BertonnierPrint made by:François Louis Couché |
Production date: 1824-1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.49 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.22 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Pierre Viel |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.25 |
Producer name: After:Gioacchino Giuseppe SerangeliPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.38 |
Producer name: After:Pierre PeyronPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print

Title: Jean Racine |
Museum number: 1857,0214.369 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Jean Baptiste Santerre |
Production date: 1722

print

Title: Racine |
Museum number: 1912,0612.47 |
Producer name: BIOG19350 Print made by:Berlin Photographic Company |
Production date: 1880-1912

print

Title: J. Racine |
Museum number: 1901,1022.772 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Hopwood the youngerAfter:Jean Baptiste Santerre |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marie François DienAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.44 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.2 |
Producer name: After:Jean Guillaume MoittePrint made by:Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel |
Production date: 1801-1805

print

Title: Jean Racine |
Museum number: 1928,0313.282 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Jean Baptiste Santerre |
Production date: 1722

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.631 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marie François DienAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5854 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Achille Lefèvre |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.19 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas Antoine TaunayPrint made by:Gérard René Levillain |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.16 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.32 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.57 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.21 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:E J Glairon-Mondet |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.3 |
Producer name: After:Jean Guillaume MoittePrint made by:Armand Duval |
Production date: 1801-1805

print

Title: Racine |
Museum number: 1901,1022.766 |
Producer name: Print made by:Victor Florence PolletAfter:Jean Baptiste Santerre |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.17 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas Antoine TaunayPrint made by:Benoît Louis Prévost |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.55 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Vincent Marie Langlois |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.36 |
Producer name: After:Pierre PeyronPrint made by:François Joseph Étienne Beisson |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.40 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.15 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.41 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Mathieu |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.902 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.647 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.622 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.673 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.619.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.671 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1897,1231.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean DuvivierPublished by:André Jaye |
Production date: 1702 |
Production place: Published in:Mechelen

print

Title: Noms des Personnages dont se compose le Sujet historique de la Gravure de Mollière lisant son Tartuf |
Museum number: 1930,0130.20 |
Producer name: BIOG17459 After:Jean Louis Anselin |
Production date: 1812-1815

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