03 — ARTWORK
Charles Rollin
- MEDIUM
- Marble, height 165
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 597 × 900 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Charles Rollin (1661-1741) was a French historian and educationist. His famous work is the Ancient History (published in Paris, 1730-38). Lecomte's life-size statue was exhibited at the SalonIn the French language of the 18th and 19th centuries it designated an actual exhibition space, as well as the academic art exhibitions staged in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre since 1667. From 1737, the exhibitions took place biennially and, after the French Revolution, annually in the Salon Carré of the Louvre in Paris. Towards the end of the 19th century the official Salon jury was dissolved in order to make way for a committee of state-approved artists, i.e. former Salon members, who created the highly influential Société des Artistes Français. of 1789.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Charles Rollin by LECOMTE, Félix},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-12},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lecomte-flix-ref5172a208c26d/charles-rollin-r09c0626012dcef},
urldate = {2026-09-12},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-12. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
