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| Alexandre François Desportes
(1661 - 1743)
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| 1661 |
Born 24 February in Champigneulles |
| 1674 |
Begins studies with Nicasius Bernaerts in Paris |
| 1695 |
Works as a portrait painter for King Jean III Sobieski in Warsaw |
| 1700 |
Receives first commission from Louis XIV |
| 1704 |
Conseiller at the Académie |
| 1712 |
Travels to England for six months |
| 1737 |
Begins designing for the Savonnerie factory and designs the Nouvelles Indes tapestries for the Gobelins |
| 1743 |
Dies in Paris on 20 April |
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