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Sébastien Bourdon

French painter (1616-1671)
Person Human Q553795
Sébastien Bourdon
Sébastien Bourdon / Hyacinthe Rigaud · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
February 2, 1616
Date of death
May 8, 1671
Place of birth
Montpellier
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Occupation
painter, printmaker, art theorist, visual artist, draftsperson
Field of work
visual arts, art theory[11][12]
Position held
court painter[13]
Religion or worldview
Protestantism[19]
Notable work
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, Queen Christina, Johan Leijoncrona (dead 1687), court curator, married to Barbara Dorotea Crumbygel[15][16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[32]
Archives at
Hérault[21]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Het Gulden Cabinet, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Svenskt konstnärslexikon, Dictionary of Swedish National Biography[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Family name
Bourdon[22]
Given name
Sébastien[23]
Has works in the collection
Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Groeningemuseum, National Galleries Scotland, Hessen Kassel Heritage, Saint-Germain-en-Laye Civic Museum, Krannert Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, Rijksmuseum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, Musée Fabre, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Art Institute of Chicago, Hermitage Museum, Musée des Augustins, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Yale University Art Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Wikidata item, Dayton Art Institute, National Gallery of Ireland, Worcester Art Museum, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Smith College Museum of Art, Columbia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Morlaix, Allen Memorial Art Museum, musée des Beaux-Arts de Valence, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Althorp, Ackland Art Museum, Blanton Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers, Musée Carnavalet, Museum of Grenoble, Führermuseum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée du Grand Siècle, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Galleria Sabauda, Uffizi Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Musée de Picardie, Kunstsammlung Gera - Orangerie, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras, Musée des beaux-arts de Nîmes, Museum of Fine Arts of Reims, Musée départemental de l'Oise, Schloss Weißenstein, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery Prague, Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Petworth House, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Frederiksborg Palace, Walker Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Nantes Museum of Arts, paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Print Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Royal West of England Academy, Musea Brugge, Kingston Lacy, Museum of the Order of St John, Norfolk Museums Collections, Schorr Collection, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Musée Magnin, Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Musée Bossuet, Pomeranian State Museum, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille, La Salle University Art Museum
Member of
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture[18]
Name in native language
Sébastien Bourdon[33]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library
Relative
Louis du Guernier[24]
Show all 25 facts +1
Student
Theodor van der Schuer[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sebastian Bourdon en Bastiaen Bardon en Bastien Bourdon en Boundon en Bourden en Bourdon en Bourdon Sebast. en bourdon sebastian en Bourdon Sébastien en De Bourdon en den Fransen Bourdon en J. Bourdon en Le Bourdon en Monsu Bordon en Monsù Bordon en Monsù Pordon en Sabastian Bourdon en S. Bardone en S. Baurdon en S. Bordaine
🔖 Identifiers · 119
ISNI
0000000080761221
VIAF cluster ID
2637215
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr94042918
GND ID
119229196
AGORHA UUID
1e1bb13f-3e57-4064-b0e5-8d291c52776d
ARTIC artist ID
41250
AbART person ID
15440
Alvin ID
alvin-person:30186
Art Renewal Center artist ID
4091
Art UK artist ID
bourdon-sebastien-16161671
Artcyclopedia artist ID
bourdon_sebastien
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
366-BOURDON-Sebastien
Show all 119 identifiers +107
Artist-info artist ID
305140
Artists of the World ID
10137740
Artnet artist ID
sébastien-bourdon
Artsy artist ID
sebastien-bourdon
AskArt person ID
9000754
Athenaeum person ID
8092
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
6286
BVMC person ID
63840
Benezit ID
B00024555
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135613838
Biblissima authority ID
Barnes
Boijmans artist ID
3159
Bridgeman artist ID
2862
British Museum person or institution ID
20473
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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CIRDOC author ID
21756
CTHS person ID
106305
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Christie's creator ID
13189
CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
119229196
De Agostini ID
Bourdon,+Sébastien
Described at URL
www.solisprints.co.uk
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119229196
Dictionary of Swedish National Biography ID
18012
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
119229196
DigitaltMuseum ID
021035594028
DoME artist ID
2641
ECARTICO person ID
24065
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
89164
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Sebastien-Bourdon
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
sebastien-bourdon
Europeana entity
agent/base/50686
FAST ID
349634
FranceArchives agent ID
18769237
Freebase ID
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Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
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Google Arts & Culture entity ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
sebastien-bourdon
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0011836
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Sébastien_Bourdon
Grove Art Online ID
T010583
HAND ID
D910-691E-C7AC-8306-5F5A
ICCD agent ID
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IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J. Paul Getty Museum agent DOR ID (old)
454
J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
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J9U entity ID
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Joconde author ID
T513-3866
KBR person ID
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KSW person ID
91956
KulturNav-ID
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Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
8605
LBT person ID
SeBourd1671
Lex ID
Sébastien_Bourdon
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
B/bourdon-sebastien
Met Constituent ID
161707
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
279
Museo del Prado artist ID
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Museum-digital person/organization ID
42947
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15843998
NE.se ID
sebastien-bourdon
NL CR AUT ID
ola2011661904
NUKAT ID
n01038813
National Gallery of Art artist ID
1004
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
sébastien-bourdon
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
6100
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/122A937A-A0F4-4E71-B5CB-858DC34022D3
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810622674905606
National Library of Portugal ID
241702
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4579715
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp63435
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
124603750
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
5749
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
6212
Norwegian National Museum producer ID
55617
Open Library ID
OL6444052A
OpenMLOL author ID
226068
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095521371
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
340
Pinakothek artist ID
DOrLbKyG1V
Pushkin Museum artist ID
271
RA Collections ID
6822
RKDartists ID
11495
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
14003
Royal Academy ID
sebastien-bourdon
SBN author ID
PISV015490
SNAC ARK ID
w6cv8nxv
Sandrart.net person ID
3234
Städel Museum artist ID
bourdon-sebastien
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
20018
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
LSH/agents/4041
Thyssen-Bornemisza artist ID
89
Topic's main category
Category:Sébastien Bourdon
Treccani ID
sebastien-bourdon
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
sebastien-bourdon
Union List of Artist Names ID
500006900
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/151422
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
b/bourdon
Web umenia creator ID
1162
Wellcome Collection concept ID
gnwj59pg
WikiArt ID
sebastien-bourdon
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJd3QD34bqkhcxp3GdYF8C
Yale LUX ID
person/6f57a61b-539a-4c4f-8c93-dd0334289d8f

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 83
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, Museo del Prado, Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery, Rijksmuseum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Art +75 more
Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Dictionary of Swedish National Biography, Het Gulden Cabinet, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste
Occupation 4
painter, draftsperson, printmaker, art theorist
Field of work 2
visual arts, art theory
Archives at 1
Hérault
Artist files at 1
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Country of citizenship 1
France
Given name 1
Sébastien
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Member of 1
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Place of birth 1
Montpellier
Place of death 1
Paris
Position held 1
court painter
Religion or worldview 1
Protestantism
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Theodor van der Schuer
Students 1
Theodor van der Schuer
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Summary

Sébastien Bourdon was born on February 2, 1616[1], in Montpellier[2]. He died on May 8, 1671[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as a painter[5], printmaker[6], art theorist[7], visual artist[8], and draftsperson[9].

FAQs

Where was Sébastien Bourdon born?

Sébastien Bourdon was born in Montpellier[2].

Where did Sébastien Bourdon die?

Sébastien Bourdon passed away in Paris[4].

What did Sébastien Bourdon do for work?

Sébastien Bourdon worked as a painter[5], printmaker[6], art theorist[7], visual artist[8], and draftsperson[9].

Related Entities

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Dulwich Picture Gallery Fitzwilliam Museum France Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Groeningemuseum Hermitage Museum J. Paul Getty Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Musée Carnavalet Musée Fabre Museo del Prado Museum of Fine Arts Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon National Gallery National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Ireland National Gallery of Victoria Nationalmuseum National Museum in Warsaw National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Rijksmuseum Schorr Collection Städel Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Uffizi Gallery Victoria and Albert Museum visual arts

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ECARTICO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Collectie Boijmans Online. Retrieved . boijmans.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . museabrugge.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. wikidata.org.
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  23. [14] ↑ . ECARTICO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 19w ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-sebastien-bourdon
    "Created claim: Described at URL: https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-sebastien-bourdon, Add described at URL (P973) to sourced Solis Prints artist page; language English (P407)"
  8. 20w ago · Hannolans · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado +2
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