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Artist
Attributed to Alexandre Jean Noël  (1752–1834)  wikidata:Q2833764
 
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 25 July 1752 Edit this at Wikidata January 1834 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Brie-Comte-Robert Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Romanticism
era QS:P2348,Q37068
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q2833764,P5102,Q230768
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Français : La mort de l'abbé Chappe (1728-1769) en Californie entouré d'iguane et d'instruments scientifiques en présence d'Amérindiens

Jean Chappe d'Auteroche appelé aussi abbé Chappe est un astronome français. Après l'observation d'une éclipse du soleil en Sibérie en 1761, commissionné par l'Académie de France, et dont le compte rendu publié en 1768 est accompagné d'illustrations de Jean-Baptiste Leprince, l'abbé Chappe est envoyé en Californie pour observer un phénomène similaire. Il est alors accompagné de Vicente Doz et de Salvador Médina, officiers de la marine et astronomes du roi d'Espagne ainsi que du dessinateur Alexandre-Jean Noël. L'abbé Chappe meurt quelques temps après son arrivée le 1er août 1769 à San José del Cabo au Mexique, satisfait malgré tout d'avoir rempli sa mission.

Le dessinateur Alexandre-Jean Noël, qui a accompagné l'abbé Chappe dans sa mission, présente en 1779 au Salon de la Correspondance un tableau intitulé La mort de M. l'abbé Chappe (H. 4 pi. 5 po. L. 21 po) : " Ce célèbre académicien est représenté au lit, au moment où, environné de quelques-uns de ses compagnons de voyage, de leur interprète commun et de quelques Indiens..." (Bellier de La Chavignerie, Émile (1865). Les artistes français du XVIIIe siècle oubliés ou dédaignés. p. 132)
English: The Death of Jean Chappe, 1st August 1769
Date circa 1779
date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 24 x 55,5 cm (toile rognée sur les côtés)
Object history Vente anonyme, Paris, Tajan, 12 décembre 2012, lot 34
Inscriptions
  • Au revers de la toile de rentoilage une inscription ancienne : mort de Mr L'abbé Chappe / membre de l'Académie Royale / Des Sciences, à la Californie / où il avait été observer le / passage de Venus en 1769
  • Au revers du châssis, signature (?) : P. Noël
References https://www.tajan.com/auction-lot/attribue-a-alexandre-jean-noel-1752-1834-la-mort-_C0F6ED3907
Source/Photographer Tajan / Auction.fr

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