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Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc
Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc (1707—1781, Paris) was a French art critic, one of the Parisian "literati", who through his patron Mme de Pompadour was appointed historiographer of the Bâtiments du Roi, the defender of state expenditures and official French policy in the arts, and was also an advocate before the Parlement de Paris.
Le Blanc was born in Dijon. His minor orders were strictly "pro forma", and he made his reputation with the "
1747 in art
Events from the year 1747 in art.
Events.
- August – Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc, writes an influential letter on the subject of the Paris Salon.
- Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo joins the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Later in the year he marries Marie-Marguerite Lebrun.
Works.
- Francis Bindon – Portrait of Richard Baldwin, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
- Canaletto – "London seen through an arch of Westminster