Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller (1730–1809) was the director of the

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, a forerunner of a minister of fine arts in charge of the royal building works, under

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, from 1775. Through Flahaut, virtually all official artistic patronage flowed. His portrait by

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, 1779, is conserved in the

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. In 1784, he was elected a member of the

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. After the Revolution he was accused of mishandling public property and emigrated, settling in

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, where he died in 1809.

References

* Jacques Silvestre de Sacy, 1953. ''Le Comte d'Angiviller, dernier directeur général des Bâtiments du Roi'', Paris, Éditions d'histoire et d'art, Plon, Collection ″Ars et historia″ * Jean de Viguerie, 2003. ''Histoire et dictionnaire du temps des Lumières. 1715-1789'', Paris, Robert Laffont, collection Bouquins.

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Counts of Angiviller 18th-century French politicians 1730 births 1810 deaths People associated with the Louvre {{france-politician-stub