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François-Charles Joullain
François-Charles Joullain ( – 1790) was a French art dealer, son of François Joullain, a respected 18th century engraver, publisher and art dealer. The careers of the father and son as merchants of paintings expanded from their roles as printmakers, editors and printsellers.
Life and career.
François-Charles Joullain, born in about 1734, was the eldest son of a successful French engraver, art dealer and publisher, François Joullain. The careers of father and son were closely intertwined
prominent art dealers in Paris in the second half of the 18th-century.
Charles Joullain assumed the name François-Charles Joullain to distinguish himself from the practice with his father in which he had long been closely associated. He was reckoned one of the outstanding experts in the art market of his day. He was one of the experts called in to catalogue the works of art of Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny, the brother of Mme de Pompadour and one of the most enlightened patrons of the day.