Discover painter, decorative painter (of interiors), court painter Antoine Pesne

Qualifications: painter, decorative painter (of interiors), court painter, director of academy

Nationality/school: German, French

Born: Paris 1683-05-23

Deceased: Berlin 1757-08-05
Prince August Wilhelm writing to Princess Henry on 13 August 1757: 'Poor Pesne is dead. With him the Arts in Berlin have been buried' (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 227).

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Thomas Pesne, father of Henriette Pesne; his uncle from his mother's side and his first teacher was Charles de Lafosse. On 5 January 1710 he married Ursule-Anne Dubuisson (1696-1748), the oldest daughter of the flower-painter J.-B. G. Dubuisson.

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1 hit in RKDimages as provenance
6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
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Biographical information

Education: Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (Parijs)

In 1703 he won the 'Prix de Rome' of the Académie.

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Parijs
He won in 1703 the ' Prix de Rome' of the Académie (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958).
Venetië 1704 - 1709
In Venice he copied (mainly) Paolo Veronese and Titien; became a protégé of Andrea Celesti; became friends with Jean Raoux (after three years in Rome, 1708 in Venice) (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 223).
Rome 1709
His stay in Rome is attested for 1709 by the signed portrait of the Marquis Corbelli (Potsdam) (Saur 2017).
Parijs 1709 - 1710
had a workshop in Paris ; married on 5 January 1710 (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 223)
Berlijn 1710 - 1715
In the spring of 1710 Pesne settled in Berlin with his wife, his parents-in-laws and two brothers-in-law (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 223) ; employed as an official court painter of King Friedrich-Wilhelm I of Prussia and later of his son Frederik the Great, working on the decoration of the palaces of Charlottenburg, Potsdam and Sans-Souci
Dessau (Saksen-Anhalt) 1715
Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 223
Dresden 1718
Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 223
Berlijn 1722
became director of the Berliner Kunstakademie in 1722
Parijs 1723 - 1724
member of the Académie in Paris 1720-1724 (Berckenhagen/Du Colombier/Kühn 1958, p. 224)
Londen (Engeland) 1724
Berlijn
Rheinsberg 1736 - 1740
Berlijn 1746 - 1757
until his death

Teacher at academy/university: Königlich Preussische Akademie der Künste (Berlin)
director since 1722

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Lafosse, Charles de
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Dubuisson, Augustin
Falbe, Joachim Martin
Glume, Johann Gottlieb
Mercier, Philippe
Rode, Bernhard
Therbusch, Anna Dorothea
Wessel, Jakob
Woge, Daniel
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Post, Johann Bernard Hermann
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Rembrandt
Celesti, Andrea

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 6 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Dimier 1928-1930 , vol. 2, p. 291-325
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 26 (1932), p. 467-470
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 301, 302, 303, 508
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 8, p. 247
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 241 (German school)
Saur 1992- , vol. 95 (2017), p. 214

M. Winner, 'Der Pinsel als "Allegorie Réelle" in Menzels Bild "Kronprinz Friedrich besucht Pesne auf dem Malgerüst in Rheinberg" ', in: Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, Bd. 45, 2003, p. 91-130
R. Michaelis, 'Preussisches Rokoko. Die Werke des Hofmalers Antoine Pesne. Tentoonstelling Gemäldegalerie am Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz (2004).', Museums Journal 18. no. 1 (januari 2004), p. 55-57
C. M. Vogtherr, 'Antoine Pesne's ''Samson and Delilah'': the genesis of a ''moreau de reception'' for the Academy in Paris', The Burlington Magazine155 (2013), p. 304-308

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany (Nachwirkung)
Gerson Digital : France (Nachwirkung)

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Creation date: 1992-01-19; Last modified date: 2022-10-30

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