Jules-Joseph Guiffrey (29 November 1840 – 26 November 1918) was a 19th-century French art historian, a member of the
Académie des beaux-arts
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Background
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Career
While studying law (he graduated in 1861
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École nationale des chartes
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where he obtained his diploma of
archivist
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paleographer
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in 1863 with a thesis entitled ''Examen du traité qui réunit le Dauphiné à la France et des négociations qui l’ont précédé et suivi (1349)''.
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In 1866 he was appointed an archivist of the Emperor
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's archives then at the Archives nationales in the Legislative and Judicial department, where he did much of his career.Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
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(1877), and the Comité des travaux historiques de la Ville de Paris (1879).Légion d'honneur
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.Académie des Beaux-Arts
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Background
The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...
to seat 7 of the free members section.
Works
* ''L’Œuvre de Charles-Émile Jacque'', 1866.
* ''Histoire de la réunion du Dauphiné à la France'', 1866.
* ''Les Caffieri, sculpteurs et fondeurs-ciseleurs'', 187
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* ''Histoire générale de la tapisserie'', 1879.
* ''Comptes des bâtiments du roi sous le règne de Louis XIV
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'', Imprimerie nationale, Paris :
** Tome 1, ''Colbert 1664-1680'', 187
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** Tome 2, ''Colbert et Louvois 1681-1687'', 188
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** Tome 3, ''Louvois et Colbert de Villacerf 1688-1695'', 189
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* '' Antoine van Dyck. Sa vie et son Å“uvre'', 1882 (his main work).
* ''Inventaire général du mobilier de la couronne sous Louis XIV (1663-1715)'', Paris, 1885-1886 (2 vol.) :
** Tome 1 online
on Gallica
** Tome 2 online
on Gallica
* ''Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France. Paris : monuments civils'', tome 1, E. Plon et Cie imprimeur-éditeurs, Paris, 187
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* '' Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France. Paris : monuments civils'', tome 2, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie imprimeurs-éditeurs, Paris, 188
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* ''Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France. Paris : monuments religieux'', tome 1, E. Plon et Cie imprimeurs-éditeurs, Paris, 187
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* ''Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France. Paris : monuments religieux'', tome 2, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie imprimeur-éditeurs, Paris, 188
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* ''Histoire de la tapisserie depuis le moyen âge jusqu'à nos jours'', 1885, Alfred Mame et fils, Tours, 188
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* ''Œuvres choisies de Clément Marot
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'', 1876.
* ''Catalogue sommaire du musée des Archives nationales, précédé d'une notice historique sur le palais des Archives'', librairie Ch. Delagrave, Paris, 189
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* ''Un chapitre inédit de l'histoire des tombes royales de Saint-Denis d'après les documents conservés aux Archives nationales'', Henri Menu libraire-éditeur, 187
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* ''Artistes parisiens du XVIe et du XVIIe siècles : donations, contrats de mariage, testaments, inventaires, etc. tirés des insinuations du Châtelet de Paris'', Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 191
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* ''Scellés et inventaires d'artistes français du XVIIème et du XVIIIème siècle'', First part, '' 643-1740: Documents inédits tirés des archives nationales'', Charavay frères libraires, Paris, 188
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* ''Scellés et inventaires d'artistes français du XVIIème et du XVIIIème siècle'', Second part, ''1741-1770 : Documents inédits tirés des archives nationales'', Charavay frères libraires, Paris, 188
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* ''Scellés et inventaires d'artistes français du XVIIème et du XVIIIème siècle'', Third and last part, '' 771-1790: Documents inédits tirés des archives nationales'', Charavay frères libraires, Paris, 188
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* ''Exposition des Primitifs français au Palais du Louvre (Pavillon de Marsan
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) et à la Bibliothèque nationale : catalogue'
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* Avec Anatole de Montaiglon, ''Correspondance des directeurs de l'Académie de France à Rome avec les Surintendants des Bâtiments, publiée d'après les manuscrits des Archives nationales'', 18 volume
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Honours
* Officier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
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, (1883).
* Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
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, (19 April 1884).
* Officier of the Légion d'honneur, (27 July 1897).
References
Bibliography
* H. Stein, ''Jules Guiffrey'', , Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1918, Volume 79, #.
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* ''Mélanges offerts à Jules Guiffrey - Bibliographie des travaux de M. Jules Guiffrey'', p. I-CXXVIII, Archives de l'art français, 1916, tome 8 nouvelle séri
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External links
INHA : Publications de Jules Guiffrey
data BnF : Jules Guiffrey
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19th-century French historians
French art historians
École Nationale des Chartes alumni
Officers of the Legion of Honour
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
1840 births
Writers from Paris
1918 deaths