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Sébastien Bourdon: 1616–1671
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Biography
Sébastien Bourdon (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ buʁdɔ̃]; 2 February 1616 – 8 May 1671) was a French painter and engraver. His chef d'œuvre is The Crucifixion of St. Peter made for the cathedral of Notre Dame.
Bourdon was born in Montpellier, France, the son of a Protestant glass painter. He was apprenticed to a painter in Paris. In spite of his poverty he managed to get to Rome in 1636. There he studied the paintings of masters such as Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain and Caravaggio. He was forced to flee Rome in 1638, fearing prosecution for his Reformed Protestant faith.
He lived in Paris from 1637 to 1652.
In 1648, Bourdon was one of the founders of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and was elected as one of the original twelve elders in charge of its running.
In 1652 he departed for Sweden, where Queen Christina of Sweden made him her first court painter.
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- Nicolas Poussineditorial inference
Evidence
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Sébastien Bourdon. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- National Gallery of Art16 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre12 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago9 recorded works
- musée d'art et d'archéologie — Senlis7 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art7 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art5 recorded works
- Museo Nacional del Prado4 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Caen2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Marseille2 recorded works
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna1 recorded work
- château musées — Blois1 recorded work
- musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet — Vernon1 recorded work
- Musée Carnavalet1 recorded work
- Musée de Grenoble1 recorded work
- musée de l'Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts — Paris1 recorded work
- musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain — Epinal1 recorded work
- musée des Arts Précieux Paul-Dupuy — Toulouse1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Orléans1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Valenciennes1 recorded work
Sources 11
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links