Finding aid for the Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection of French letters and documents by painters, sculptors, architects,
and printmakers, 1691-1825, undated 2017.M.62
Sarah Mackenzie Wade
Special Collections
2018
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Title: Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection of French letters and documents by painters, sculptors, architects, and printmakers
Creator: Ver Heyden de Lancey, Cornelius, 1889-1984
source: Volkoff, Ivan
source: Von Hohenlohe, Adelheid A.
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.M.62
Physical Description: 4.67 Linear Feet(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1691-1825, undated
Abstract: The Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection comprises manuscript correspondence and documents by over 75 painters, sculptors,
architects, and printmakers, predominantly from 17th- and 18th-century France.
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Language of Material: Collection material is primarily in French, with some Danish and German. Modern research materials are in English.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2017.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Biographical / Historical
Dutch-born British baron Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey (1889-1984) was a medical doctor, dentist, and barrister, as well
as an art historian and collector of French historical books, letters, and manuscripts. De Lancey studied medicine and dentistry
at the University of Leiden, earned his dental degree in the United States, and practiced dentistry in London and Italy, where
he developed his research interests in art history and the arts. In 1970, De Lancey and his wife, Josephine de la Hanty, founded
the De Lancey and De La Hanty Foundation, an organization dedicated to the study of medical law that also sponsors arts initiatives
in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France. De Lancey died on Jersey in the Channel Islands in 1984.
Sources consulted:
About the Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey: 1889-1984, the website for the De Lancey Foundation, accessed July 23, 2018, http://www.delanceyfoundation.co.uk/#the-person.
David Brafman, Acquisition Approval Form for
Collection of French letters and documents by painters, sculptors, architects, and printmakers, accession no. 2017.M.62, March 10, 2017.
Custodial History
The repository's Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection was acquired in the 1980s by Adelheid A. Von Hohenlohe, the late
wife of Ivan Volkoff. Many items in the collection bear de Lancey's blind stamp, Lugt 2701a.
Preferred Citation
Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection of French letters and documents by painters, sculptors, architects, and printmakers,
1691-1825, undated, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.M.62.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2017m62
Processing Information
Arranged and described in 2018 by Sarah Mackenzie Wade.
Publication Rights
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises manuscript correspondence and documents by over 75 painters, sculptors, architects, and printmakers,
predominantly from 17th- and 18th-century France. Correspondence constitutes the bulk of the collection; additional materials
include financial and legal documents such as manuscript receipts, promissory notes, discharges of debt, commission contracts
for works of art, lease agreements, a royal brevet, and a partition of estate. The collection also includes signed statements
by groups of artists and members of the royal academy.
French artists represented in the collection include painters and draftsmen Nicolas de Largillierre and Hubert Robert; painters
Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and Jean-Baptiste Regnault; academician Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis; architects Marie-Joseph Peyre,
Michel-Barthélemy Hazon, Jean Chalgrin, and Ange-Jacques Gabriel; sculptors Laurent Guiard, Noël Jouvenet V, and Philippe-Laurent
Roland; printmakers Noël Hallé, Nicolas Ponce, and Simon Thomassin; and engravers Jean Bernard Restout and Joseph-Marie Vien
the elder. The collection also includes materials by Danish engraver Johan Frederik Clemens and German printmaker Johann Gotthard
von Müller.
The collection is arranged alphabetically, largely in adherence with the organization of Volkoff and Von Hohenlohe, with minor
adjustments to accommodate standardized names of artists. Original manuscripts have been maintained alongside collectors'
research and acquisition documents, which include annotated typescript descriptive notes for the Ver Heyden de Lancey acquisitions,
twenty-first century laser printouts of electronic resource research materials assembled by Von Hohenlohe, and photographs
of portraits of the artists. Collector dossier folders that comprise only modern English-language research materials were
incorporated into folders containing the relevant French-language manuscripts. Von Hohenlohe's dossier numbers are detailed
in descriptive notes at the component level.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, French -- 17th century
Art, French -- 18th century
Art, French -- 19th century
Artists -- France -- Correspondence
Architects -- France -- Correspondence
Painters -- France -- Correspondence
Printmakers -- France -- Correspondence
Sculptors -- France -- Correspondence
Letters (correspondence) -- France -- 17th century
Letters (correspondence) -- France -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- France -- 19th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- France -- 17th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- France -- 18th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- France -- 19th century
Chromogenic color prints
Gelatin silver prints -- 21st century
Photographs, Original
Volkoff, Ivan
Von Hohenlohe, Adelheid A.
Hallé, Noël, 1711-1781
Robert, Hubert, 1733-1808
Largillierre, Nicolas de, 1656-1746
Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842
Peyre, Marie-Joseph, 1730-1785
Regnault, Jean-Baptiste, baron, 1754-1829
Restout, Jean-Bernard, 1732-1797
Vien, Joseph-Marie, 1716-1809
Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, 1725-1802
Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse, 1739-1811
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, 1698-1782
Guiard, Laurent, 1723-1788
Roland, Philippe-Laurent, 1746-1816
Hazon, Michel Barthelemy
Jouvenet, Nöel V
Müller, Johann Gotthard, 1747-1830
Clemens, Johan Frederik, 1748-1831
Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey collection of French letters and documents by painters, sculptors, architects, and printmakers
Box 1, Folder 1
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Signed manuscript document,
1792 May 5
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Signed manuscript document
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Minutes of an Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture meeting concerning the widow Brouet's pension and M. Du Rameau's
payment for arranging the Salon of 1791. Includes a black-and-white photograph of the document's signatures by academy members
Vien, Pajou, Van Loo, Dejoux, Lecomte, Lagrenée, and Caffieri. Dossier no. 1.
Box 4*, Folder 1
Adam, Lambert-Sigisbert, Letter to Cardinal Melchior de Polignac,
1730 November 9
Adam, Lambert-Sigisbert, Letter to Cardinal Melchior de Polignac
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 2.
Box 1, Folder 2
Areslin, Jean-Paul, Signed manuscript document,
1781 April 17
Areslin, Jean-Paul, Signed manuscript document
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 3.
Box 1, Folder 3
Augustin, Jean-Baptiste-Jacques, Letter to Monsieur le Comte,
1825 January 15
Augustin, Jean-Baptiste-Jacques, Letter to Monsieur le Comte
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 4.
Box 1, Folder 4
Bélanger, François-Joseph, Letter to Jean-Frédéric Perregaux,
1791 May 31
Bélanger, François-Joseph, Letter to Jean-Frédéric Perregaux
Scope and Contents
Modern documentary materials include a black-and-white photograph of a portrait [of the artist?] and a color photograph of
a Louis XVI style gilt-bronze marble table made after the 1781 model by Bélanger and Chalgrin. Dossier no. 5.
Box 1, Folder 5
Bernard, Charles, Signed manuscript document,
1706 November 5
Bernard, Charles, Signed manuscript document
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 6.
Box 1, Folder 6
Bordenave de Pan, Letters to and from Charles-Claude, comte d'Angiviller, Versailles,
1778 July 26
Bordenave de Pan, Letters to and from Charles-Claude, comte d'Angiviller, Versailles
Scope and Contents
Concerning the
Déclaration du Roi, relative aux arts de peinture & de sculpture. Includes a color photograph of a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze of Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller.
Dossier no. 7.
Box 1, Folder 7
Boulongne, Philippe, Signed partial manuscript receipt for royal funds,
1776 September 14
Boulongne, Philippe, Signed partial manuscript receipt for royal funds
Scope and Contents
Also signed by Jean-Robert Boulongne and Jacques-Martin Roquet. Dossier no. 8.
Box 1, Folder 8
Boze, Claude Gros de, Signed letter as secretary of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres,
1736 November 21
Boze, Claude Gros de, Signed letter as secretary of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 9.
Box 1, Folder 9
Brébion, Maximilien, Letter to Charles-Claude, comte d'Angiviller, with manuscript note,
1781 June 12-19
Brébion, Maximilien, Letter to Charles-Claude, comte d'Angiviller, with manuscript note
Scope and Contents
Concerning the June 8, 1781 fire at the Paris Opéra aux Tuileries. Dossier no. 10.
Box 1, Folder 10
Caffieri, Philippe, Signed manuscript document,
1696 April 16-1705 January 2
Caffieri, Philippe, Signed manuscript document
Scope and Contents
Manuscript features two dates: 1696 at the top left and 1705 at the bottom, before the signatures. Also signed by Caffieri's
wife, Françoise Renault. Dossier no. 11.
Box 1, Folder 11
Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse, Letter to Claude-Joseph Vernet,
1775 October 6
Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse, Letter to Claude-Joseph Vernet
Scope and Contents
Accompanying manuscript note indicates that Vernet is Chalgrin's father-in-law. Dossier no. 12.
Box 1, Folder 12
Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse, Letter to Monsieur Bourboulon with manuscript note by Jean-François Colson on verso,
1784 May 28
Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse, Letter to Monsieur Bourboulon with manuscript note by Jean-François Colson on verso
Scope and Contents
Also includes a manuscript letter in a third hand to M. le Prince. Dossier no. 13/14.
Box 1, Folder 13
Clemens, Johan Frederik, Signed letter, with additional letter on verso from unidentified correspondent,
1798-1800 December
Clemens, Johan Frederik, Signed letter, with additional letter on verso from unidentified correspondent
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 15.
Box 1, Folder 14
Clève, Corneille van, Signed manuscript receipt,
1700 August 24
Clève, Corneille van, Signed manuscript receipt
Scope and Contents
With a color photograph of a bust of van Clève. Dossier no. 109.
Box 1, Folder 15
Crozat, Pierre, Letter to Antoine Crozat,
undated
Crozat, Pierre, Letter to Antoine Crozat
Scope and Contents
Modern documentary material includes a color photograph of a portrait of Antoine Crozat. Dossier no. 16.
Box 1, Folder 16
Déclaration du Roi, relative aux arts de peinture & de sculpture,
1778 March 15
Déclaration du Roi, relative aux arts de peinture & de sculpture
Scope and Contents
Seven-page printed pamphlet of a declaration issued by Louis XVI and registered in the Parlement of Navarre on June 5, 1778.
The king declares free, in Paris and throughout the kingdom, the arts of painting and sculpture, and establishes academies
for these arts. Features de Lancey's embossed stamp on several pages. Dossier no. 17.
Box 3, Folder 1
Delaunay, Nicolas, Signed manuscript receipt on vellum,
1706 May 31
Delaunay, Nicolas, Signed manuscript receipt on vellum
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 40.
Box 3, Folder 2
Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, Royal brevet manuscript on vellum,
1780 January 30
Duplessis, Joseph-Siffrède, Royal brevet manuscript on vellum
Scope and Contents
Brevet granting Duplessis lodgings in the Louvre, in the space formerly occupied by Jean-Siméon Chardin. Dossier no. 18.
Box 1, Folder 17
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, Letters to the comte d'Angiviller,
1778 March 5-August 17
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, Letters to the comte d'Angiviller
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 20.
Box 1, Folder 18
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, Letters,
1804 February 16-1811 January 25
Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, Letters
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 21.
Box 1, Folder 19
Gamble, James, Letter to Le Brun,
1795 June 27
Gamble, James, Letter to Le Brun
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 9 Messidor l'an 3ième. Dossier no. 22.
Box 1, Folder 20
Gautier, M., Letter to Botteau, au Palais National du Directoire,
undated
Gautier, M., Letter to Botteau, au Palais National du Directoire
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 23.
Box 1, Folder 21
Guiard, Laurent, Letter to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma,
1784 January 20
Guiard, Laurent, Letter to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 24.
Box 1, Folder 22
Guiard, Laurent, Letter to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma,
circa 1784
Guiard, Laurent, Letter to Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 25.
Box 3, Folder 3
Guiard, Laurent, Signed manuscript promissory note,
1767 August 5
Guiard, Laurent, Signed manuscript promissory note
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 26.
Box 1, Folder 23
Hallé, Noël, Letter to Monsieur,
1775 November 8
Hallé, Noël, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 27.
Box 1, Folder 24
Hallé, Noël, Letter to Monsieur,
1776 April 20
Hallé, Noël, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 28.
Box 4*, Folder 2
Hardouin Mansart de Sagonne, Jacques, Signed manuscript contract,
1750 August 3
Hardouin Mansart de Sagonne, Jacques, Signed manuscript contract
Scope and Contents
Contract signed by Hardouin-Mansart, Bourgeois, Chartier, and Marchand. Dossier no. 93.
Box 1, Folder 25
Hazon, Michel-Barthélemy, Letter regarding changes ordered by Louis XV to the Château de Choisy,
1768 July 6
Hazon, Michel-Barthélemy, Letter regarding changes ordered by Louis XV to the Château de Choisy
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 29.
Box 1, Folder 26
Hettlinger, Jean-Jacques, Letter to an unidentified citizen,
1798 January 8
Hettlinger, Jean-Jacques, Letter to an unidentified citizen
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 19 Nivôse, ann 6. Dossier no. 30.
Box 1, Folder 27
Heurtier, Jean-François, Letter to Trudaine,
1776 June 20
Heurtier, Jean-François, Letter to Trudaine
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 31.
Box 1, Folder 28
Heurtier, Jean-François,
Certificat de bon Service ou d'Entretien des Bâtimens du Roi,
1791 September
Heurtier, Jean-François, Certificat de bon Service ou d'Entretien des Bâtimens du Roi
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 32.
Box 1, Folder 29
Houdon, [Jean-Antoine?], Letter to Jean-Bernard Restout,
1792 November 26
Houdon, [Jean-Antoine?], Letter to Jean-Bernard Restout
Scope and Contents
Possibly Jacques-Philippe Houdon, brother of the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. Dossier no. 33.
Box 1, Folder 30
Houlié, François-Simon, Signed manuscript account closing document,
1785 July 28
Houlié, François-Simon, Signed manuscript account closing document
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 34.
Box 3, Folder 4
Huet, Nicolas, le Vieux, Signed manuscript receipt for paintings done for the marquis de [Gontaut?],
1774 October 24
Huet, Nicolas, le Vieux, Signed manuscript receipt for paintings done for the marquis de [Gontaut?]
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 36.
Box 4*, Folder 3
Jean, Stanislas, Marquis de Boufflers, Manuscript letters and petitions from artists,
1791 March 30-1792 October 26
Jean, Stanislas, Marquis de Boufflers, Manuscript letters and petitions from artists
Scope and Contents
Includes petitions from the Fédération des Artistes for the Assemblée Nationale. Also includes typescript transcriptions of
original manuscript documents. Dossier no. 19.
Box 1, Folder 31
Jouvenet, Nöel V, Signed manuscript receipt,
1706 July 4
Jouvenet, Nöel V, Signed manuscript receipt
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 37.
Box 1, Folder 32
Kooi, Willem Bartel van der, Letters,
1814 August 17-1904 May 19
Kooi, Willem Bartel van der, Letters
Scope and Contents
1814 letter by van der Kooi to Jos. J. Cari and 1904 letter from Paul Ralluriaw. Dossier no. 38.
Box 1, Folder 33
Largillierre, Nicolas de, Signed manuscript inventory with two engraved portraits of the artist,
1742 March 31
Largillierre, Nicolas de, Signed manuscript inventory with two engraved portraits of the artist
Scope and Contents
Inventory consists of items in Largillierre's home on rue Geoffroy-Langevin in Paris. Dossier no. 39.
Box 1, Folder 34
Laurent, Pierre-François, Signed manuscript contract for an engraving by Nicolas Thomas,
1792 April 3
Laurent, Pierre-François, Signed manuscript contract for an engraving by Nicolas Thomas
Scope and Contents
Contract for an engraving of a painting from the office of Louis XVI. Also signed by Nicolas Thomas. Dossier no. 41.
Box 1, Folder 35
Laurent, Pierre-François, Signed manuscript contract for an engraving,
1792 February 7
Laurent, Pierre-François, Signed manuscript contract for an engraving
Scope and Contents
Contract for an engraving of painting,
St. Jean et Notre Seigneur. Also signed by Jean-Baptiste Palas. Dossier no. 42.
Box 4*, Folder 4
Le Noir, Simon-Bernard, Manuscript partition of estate,
1772 September [10?]
Le Noir, Simon-Bernard, Manuscript partition of estate
Scope and Contents
Partition also includes Alexandre de Roussy. Dossier no. 51.
Box 1, Folder 36
Le Roy, Julien-David, Letter to Monsieur,
1792 May 4
Le Roy, Julien-David, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 52.
Box 3, Folder 5
LeComte, Félix, Signed manuscript receipt for his statue of Charles Rollin,
1788 December 5
LeComte, Félix, Signed manuscript receipt for his statue of Charles Rollin
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 45.
Box 1, Folder 37
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monseigneur,
1813 October 23
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monseigneur
Scope and Contents
On letterhead for the Manufacture Impériale des Gobelins, where Lemonnier served as the director. Dossier no. 46.
Box 1, Folder 38
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monsieur le rédacteur,
1817 November 6
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monsieur le rédacteur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 47.
Box 1, Folder 39
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monsieur le Commissaire du Roi,
1824 April 9
Lemonnier, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel, Letter to Monsieur le Commissaire du Roi
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 48.
Box 4*, Folder 5
Lempereur, Louis-Simon, Letter to M. Cuvillier,
1775 November 3
Lempereur, Louis-Simon, Letter to M. Cuvillier
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 49.
Box 1, Folder 40
Lempereur, Louis-Simon, Letter to M. Le Comte,
1778 October 24
Lempereur, Louis-Simon, Letter to M. Le Comte
Scope and Contents
Regarding a delay in seeing a painting by Poussin. Dossier no. 50.
Box 1, Folder 41
Lieutaud, Guillaume, Signed manuscript document,
1707 March 31
Lieutaud, Guillaume, Signed manuscript document
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 53.
Box 1, Folder 42
Loir, Marianne, Letter to Messieurs,
1768 January 12
Loir, Marianne, Letter to Messieurs
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 54.
Box 3, Folder 6
Loys, Étienne, Printed epithalamium,
1749 August 18
Loys, Étienne, Printed epithalamium
Scope and Contents
Printed epithalamium dedicated to Étienne Loys, fiancé of Miss Jeanne Desandrieux. Printed by Jean Martel, printer for the
king. Dossier no. 69.
Box 3, Folder 7
Lucas, François, Signed manuscript contract with de Lassus, farm director for the king,
1768 September 24
Lucas, François, Signed manuscript contract with de Lassus, farm director for the king
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 55.
Box 1, Folder 43
Mathieu, Jean, Signed manuscript note concerning an agreement with M. Lacombe,
1789 October 22
Mathieu, Jean, Signed manuscript note concerning an agreement with M. Lacombe
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 56.
Box 4*, Folder 6
Müller, Johann Gotthard von, Letter to Johann Georg Wille,
1783 March 1
Müller, Johann Gotthard von, Letter to Johann Georg Wille
Scope and Contents
Original letter in German, with a French translation by A. [Charlin?], and an ink and pencil drawing of a young girl, possibly
of von Müller's daughter. Modern documentary material includes a photograph of an engraving titled,
Frau und Kind, of the artist's wife and daughter. Dossier no. 57.
Box 4*, Folder 7
Musées de la République, Manuscript list of paintings chosen by the commission for the formation of the museums,
undated
Musées de la République, Manuscript list of paintings chosen by the commission for the formation of the museums
Scope and Contents
Table includes names of artists as well as the dimensions, subjects, and conservation status of paintings selected. Dossier
no. 58.
Box 3, Folder 8
Ozanne, François, Manuscript discharge of debt on vellum,
1745 October 15
Ozanne, François, Manuscript discharge of debt on vellum
Scope and Contents
Discharge of debt for Gilles Charpentier, teacher of Charles-Martin Caffieri (?). Dossier no. 59.
Box 4*, Folder 8
Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe, Letters,
1786 July 21-August 18
Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe, Letters
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 60.
Box 1, Folder 44
Peyre, Marie-Joseph, Letter requesting the cord of Saint Michel,
1780 February 3
Peyre, Marie-Joseph, Letter requesting the cord of Saint Michel
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 61.
Box 3, Folder 9
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie, Signed manuscript pension payment,
1789 March 31
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie, Signed manuscript pension payment
Scope and Contents
Signed by Lazon, Jardin, and Pierre and counter-signed by d'Angiviller. Dossier no. 62.
Box 1, Folder 45
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monseigneur,
1709 April 13
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monseigneur
Scope and Contents
Poërson shares news about the papal courts and the French Academy in Rome, where he served as director. Dossier no. 63.
Box 1, Folder 46
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monseigneur,
1709 October 25
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monseigneur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 64.
Box 4*, Folder 9
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monsieur,
1729 December 16
Poërson, Charles-François, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Regarding the Duke of Chartres and the Duke Danlin. Dossier no. 65.
Box 1, Folder 47
Ponce, Nicolas, Letter to Madame,
1802 September 4
Ponce, Nicolas, Letter to Madame
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: 17 fructidor an x. Dossier no. 66.
Box 1, Folder 48
Poyet, Bernard, Letter to M. Chapui,
1798 September 30
Poyet, Bernard, Letter to M. Chapui
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 9 vendémiaire an 7. Dossier no. 67.
Box 4*, Folder 10
Racle, Léonard, Letter to Monsieur Amanton, lawyer for Parliament,
1789 [September?] 9
Racle, Léonard, Letter to Monsieur Amanton, lawyer for Parliament
Scope and Contents
Includes an engraving of the Ferney-Voltaire Castle, near Geneva. Dossier no. 68.
Box 4*, Folder 11
Regnault, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to Messieurs,
1791 February 25
Regnault, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to Messieurs
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 70.
Box 4*, Folder 12
Renard, [Philippe?], Letter to Monsieur [Luvey?],
1771 December 19
Renard, [Philippe?], Letter to Monsieur [Luvey?]
Scope and Contents
Modern documentary materials include a color photograph of a book cover for
Portraits & Autoportraits d'Artistes au XVIIIͤ Siècle by Philippe Renard. Dossier no. 71.
Box 2, Folder 1
Renou, Antoine, Letter to M. de Condorcet, perpetual secretary at the Académie des Sciences,
1792 May 23
Renou, Antoine, Letter to M. de Condorcet, perpetual secretary at the Académie des Sciences
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 74.
Box 3, Folder 10
Renou, Antoine, Letter to M. Moulin, perpetual secretary at the Académie de Marseille,
1782 January 7
Renou, Antoine, Letter to M. Moulin, perpetual secretary at the Académie de Marseille
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 72.
Box 4*, Folder 13
Renou, Antoine, Letter to Messieurs of the Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture,
1785 January 10
Renou, Antoine, Letter to Messieurs of the Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 73.
Box 2, Folder 2
Restout, Jean, the Younger, Fragment of a signed manuscript contract on vellum,
undated
Restout, Jean, the Younger, Fragment of a signed manuscript contract on vellum
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 83.
Box 2, Folder 3
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the Younger,
1781 October 4
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the Younger
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 76.
Box 2, Folder 4
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letters to Jabineau de Marolles,
1789 October 21-23
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letters to Jabineau de Marolles
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 77.
Box 2, Folder 5
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Manuscript note to M. Joly,
1786 June 21
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Manuscript note to M. Joly
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 78.
Box 2, Folder 6
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Monsieur,
1791 September 29
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 79.
Box 2, Folder 7
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Signed manuscript note concerning furniture at the Louvre,
1792
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Signed manuscript note concerning furniture at the Louvre
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 80.
Box 2, Folder 8
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Tamelin, Chef de Bureaux du Garde-Meuble National,
1796 January 19
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Tamelin, Chef de Bureaux du Garde-Meuble National
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: 1'an 4 le 29 nivôse. Dossiers no. 81-82.
Box 4*, Folder 14
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Messieurs,
1763 January 8
Restout, Jean-Bernard, Letter to Messieurs
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 75.
Box 2, Folder 9
Robert, Hubert, Manuscript promissory note,
between 1733 and 1808 May 1
Robert, Hubert, Manuscript promissory note
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 35.
Box 3, Folder 11
Roettiers, [Joseph-Charles], Letter to a citizen,
1793 June 14
Roettiers, [Joseph-Charles], Letter to a citizen
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 86.
Box 2, Folder 10
Roettiers, Jacques, Letter,
1796 June 13
Roettiers, Jacques, Letter
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 87, with dossier no. 84 of modern documentary material on the Roettiers family.
Box 2, Folder 11
Roettiers, Marie Anne Besnier, Signed manuscript document,
1785 June 20
Roettiers, Marie Anne Besnier, Signed manuscript document
Scope and Contents
Widow of Jacques Roettiers III. Dossier no. 85.
Box 3, Folder 12
Roland, Philippe-Laurent, Letter to the Citizen Ambassador of the Batavian Republic,
1800 May 25
Roland, Philippe-Laurent, Letter to the Citizen Ambassador of the Batavian Republic
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 5 Prairial An 8. Dossier no. 88.
Box 4*, Folder 15
Roland, Philippe-Laurent, Signed passport,
1813 June 4
Roland, Philippe-Laurent, Signed passport
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 89.
Box 3, Folder 13
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Autograph drafts of letters written in Rome,
1782 July 2-1784 August 4
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Autograph drafts of letters written in Rome
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 92.
Box 3, Folder 14
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to [Louis or Victor] Auger,
1794 October 13
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to [Louis or Victor] Auger
Scope and Contents
On printed letterhead for the Commission of Public Works. Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 22 du mois
Vendémiaire de l'an 3. Dossier no. 90.
Box 2, Folder 12
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to citizen Galimard,
1795 March or April
Rondolet, Jean-Baptiste, Letter to citizen Galimard
Scope and Contents
On printed letterhead for the Commission of Public Works. Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: Germinal,
l'an 3. Dossier no. 91.
Box 2, Folder 13
Saint [Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin?], Letter to Jean Pierre Norblin,
undated
Saint [Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin?], Letter to Jean Pierre Norblin
Scope and Contents
Collector annotations indicate that this letter is by an 18th century painter. Dossier no. 94.
Box 4*, Folder 16
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to Monsieur,
1766 December 25
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 95.
Box 4*, Folder 17
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to Monsieur,
1768 March 3
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Modern documentary materials indicate that the letter was written the day after Saly cast the statue,
Frederik V on Horseback. Dossier no. 96.
Box 2, Folder 14
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Manuscript notes [fragments?],
1766 January 2-1768 March 29
Saly, Jacques-François-Joseph, Manuscript notes [fragments?]
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 97.
Box 2, Folder 15
Sigrist, Franz, the Elder, Signed manuscript receipt,
1770 February 10
Sigrist, Franz, the Elder, Signed manuscript receipt
Scope and Contents
Receipt is for payment from M. Boulinier for a painting on wood of Pierre Wauvermann titled
Flanders Fair. Dossier no. 98.
Box 2, Folder 16
Soufflot, Jacques-Germain, Letters and manuscript excerpt from artists' statement,
1793 October 20-1881 June 4
Soufflot, Jacques-Germain, Letters and manuscript excerpt from artists' statement
Scope and Contents
Excerpt is from a 1793 statement by artist citizens concerning the cupola of the Panthéon. The 1796 letter is dated using
the French Republican calendar: le 22 Ventôse, 4ͤ année. A second letter, dated [18?]81 and with an illegible signature, references
the 1796 letter. Both 18th century manuscripts include drawings and figures relating to the cupola. Dossier no. 99.
Box 2, Folder 17
Spaendonck, Gerard van, Manuscript excerpt of lessons by M. D'Aubenton,
undated
Spaendonck, Gerard van, Manuscript excerpt of lessons by M. D'Aubenton
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 100.
Box 3, Folder 15
Surugue, Louis, Manuscript lease agreement for an apartment on rue des Noyers, Paris,
1728 December 8
Surugue, Louis, Manuscript lease agreement for an apartment on rue des Noyers, Paris
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 101.
Box 2, Folder 18
Swebach, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to M. Leduc of Toulouse,
[?] January 28
Swebach, Jacques-François-Joseph, Letter to M. Leduc of Toulouse
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 103.
Box 2, Folder 19
Swebach, Jacques-François-Joseph, Signed manuscript receipt for a painting sold to M. d'Harcourt,
1821 September 5
Swebach, Jacques-François-Joseph, Signed manuscript receipt for a painting sold to M. d'Harcourt
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 102.
Box 2, Folder 20
Tassaert, Jean-Joseph-François, Letter to citizens,
1796 August 18
Tassaert, Jean-Joseph-François, Letter to citizens
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 1ͤ fructidor l'an 4. Dossier no. 104.
Box 4*, Folder 18
Thévenin, Charles, Letter to the prefect of the department of the Seine,
1822 January 8
Thévenin, Charles, Letter to the prefect of the department of the Seine
Scope and Contents
With a print of a Thévenin engraving of Suzanne at the baths, after the Correggio piece at the Rosenstein Palace. Dossier
no. 105.
Box 2, Folder 21
Thomassin, Simon, Signed manuscript discharge of debt on vellum,
1691 May 28
Thomassin, Simon, Signed manuscript discharge of debt on vellum
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 106.
Box 4*, Folder 19
Tramblin, Charles-André, Manuscript document and letter to M. DeMeville,
1751 December 1, undated
Tramblin, Charles-André, Manuscript document and letter to M. DeMeville
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 107.
Box 2, Folder 22
Valade, Jean, Signed partial manuscript life annuity receipts on vellum,
1772-1783
Valade, Jean, Signed partial manuscript life annuity receipts on vellum
Scope and Contents
With two portrait prints of unidentified men in profile. Dossier no. 108.
Box 2, Folder 23
Vanloo-Berger, Signed manuscript receipt,
1773 March 8
Vanloo-Berger, Signed manuscript receipt
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 110.
Box 2, Folder 24
Vassé, Louis-Claude, Signed manuscript receipt for sculptures for M. Corman,
1750 April 20
Vassé, Louis-Claude, Signed manuscript receipt for sculptures for M. Corman
Scope and Contents
Sculptures made in the 1710s-1720s. Dossier no. 111.
Box 2, Folder 25
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to a citizen colleague,
1800 January 23
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to a citizen colleague
Scope and Contents
Letter is dated using the French Republican calendar: le 3 pluviôse an 8. Dossier no. 116.
Box 2, Folder 26
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to M. Loys,
1744 January 6
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to M. Loys
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 112.
Box 3, Folder 16
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to M. Reboul,
1779 September 7
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to M. Reboul
Scope and Contents
Letter mentions Lagrenée, Robin, Roslin, Coustou, Dernet, and Gandet, among others. Dossier no. 114.
Box 3, Folder 17
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder Letter to Monsieur,
1779 May 19
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to Monsieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 113.
Box 2, Folder 27
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to Monsieur le Comte,
1791 April 12
Vien, Joseph-Marie, the Elder, Letter to Monsieur le Comte
Scope and Contents
With a color photograph of a portrait of Vien. Dossier no. 115.
Box 4*, Folder 20
Vigée-LeBrun, Elisabeth Louise, Letter from the Ministre de l'Intérieur,
1797 May 8
Vigée-LeBrun, Elisabeth Louise, Letter from the Ministre de l'Intérieur
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 43.
Box 2, Folder 28
Vigée-LeBrun, Elisabeth Louise, Signed manuscript receipt,
1797 March 15
Vigée-LeBrun, Elisabeth Louise, Signed manuscript receipt
Scope and Contents
Dossier no. 44.
