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Pierre Crozat was one of the most prominent French financiers and collectors, becoming the treasurer to the king in Paris in 1704, when he built the Hôtel de Crozat on the rue de Richelieu and his magnificent country retreat, the Château de Montmorency.
Pierre Crozat (Toulouse 1661-1740) est un financier et collectionneur français. Trésorier de France, il est parfois dit, par euphémisme, « le pauvre », par opposition à son frère Antoine, fondateur de la Louisiane française.
Pierre built a sumptuous residence, now destroyed, on the rue du Richelieu and dedicated himself to collecting works of art with which he filled his home. Crozat collected both fine and decorative art objects in abundance--over 400 paintings, as many sculptures, some 18,000 drawings, as well as engravings, Chinese and Japanese porcelains ...
8 de nov. de 2011 · La adquisición en París en 1772 de la espectacular colección de Pierre Crozat, antiguo ministro de finanzas de Luis XV, sentó las bases para la excelente selección de arte francés del Hermitage. Aquí se muestran obras de Champaigne, Poussin, Le Nain y Boucher, junto a dibujos de Lorena y Watteau.
Pierre Crozat and the Parisian Market for Old Master Drawings: A Transformation. Sebastian de Vivo. In this talk, I present a comparison of the auction sales of the two greatest eighteenth-century collectors of drawings: Pierre Crozat's in 1741 and Pierre-Jean Mariette in 1775.
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Pierre Crozat. (1655—1740) Quick Reference. ( b Toulouse, 1655; d Paris, 24 May 1740). French banker and collector. He was immensely wealthy and the greatest private collector in 18th-century France. His collection was varied but was ... From: Crozat, Pierre in The Oxford Dictionary of Art » Subjects: Art & Architecture. Reference entries.
La Perspective (View through the Trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat) Watteau developed and made famous a type of painting of the elegant party, called the fête galante, in which ladies and gentlemen converse, flirt, and make music in idyllic outdoor settings.
