(Paris, 1616 - The Hague, 1695) was a French art painter.
Henri Testelin made portraits of Louis XIV, important persons and events at the French court . Several of his paintings can be seen in the palace of Versailles. The portraits, like the one of the young Louis XIV, show the influence of Jean Nocret and Le Brun.
He was secretary of Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture from 1650 and professor from 1656. In 1680 he published a book on art theory and the academy. Testelin was dismissed from the Academy in 1681, because he was proptestant. He left France and went to Holland.
Pintura Identificación:: 72078
Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667 new23/Henri Testelin-677559.jpg 1660s
Oil on canvas
348 x 590 cm
Pintura Identificación:: 76604
Portrait of Louis XIV of France new24/Henri Testelin-789863.jpg 1667(1667)
Oil on canvas
390 x 290 cm (153.5 x 114.2 in)
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Pintura Identificación:: 79243
Louis XIV en new24/Henri Testelin-933849.jpg 1648(1648)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 205 x 152 cm (80.7 x 59.8 in)
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Pintura Identificación:: 79961
Portrait of Louis XIV new24/Henri Testelin-559579.jpg 1648(1648)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 205 x 152 cm (80.7 x 59.8 in)
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Pintura Identificación:: 92580
Portrait of Louis XIV, only ten years old, but already king of France new25/Henri Testelin-834737.jpg Date 1648(1648)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 205 X 152 cm (80.7 X 59.8 in)
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