# Portrait of the Comte d'Angiviller

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DUPLESSIS, Joseph-Siffred](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 144 x 106 cm

## Commentary

In 1775, a former soldier and personal friend of the king, Charles-Claude de Flahaut de la Billaderie, the Comte d&#39;Angiviller, was made the Directeur des Batiments du Roi \(Director of the King&#39;s Buildings\) - a kind of minister of fine arts. Through him more money was made available to commission paintings that were patriotic and didactic.

## Related artworks

- [Christophe Gabriel Allegrain, Sculptor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/christophe-gabriel-allegrain-sculptor-r73e88c39f30696>)
- [Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck at the Spinet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-at-the-spinet-r961e06f570ec23>)
- [Landscape in Blue Monochrome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/landscape-in-blue-monochrome-r9de97a8b9d6489>)
- [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/portrait-of-benjamin-franklin-r8313cf38c9ba5d>)
- [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/portrait-of-benjamin-franklin-r97ded181bb5a61>)
- [Portrait of Monsieur de Buissy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duplessis-joseph-siffred-rd983422cc925fa/portrait-of-monsieur-de-buissy-r2cb5cf207d61ad>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)