Antoine Schnapper (10 July 1933 – 29 August 2004) was a French art historian on art of the 17th and the 18th century. A student of André Chastel, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre in 1989 on Jacques-Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution. He taught at the Paris-Sorbonne University.

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Antoine Schnapper
Born(1933-07-10)10 July 1933
Died29 August 2004(2004-08-29) (aged 71)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationArt historian
SpouseDominique Schnapper
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Selected works

  • Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) et la peinture d'histoire à Paris, nouvelle édition complétée par Christine Gouzi, Arthena, 2010 (ISBN 978-2-903239-42-8).
  • Le métier de peintre au grand siècle ; Paris : Gallimard, 2004. OCLC 56821323
  • Collections et collectionneurs dans la France du XVIIe siècle ; Paris : Flammarion, 1988. OCLC 19331396
  • David témoin de son temps, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1980 ISBN 2-85047-000-7 Reference
  • Tableaux pour le Trianon de marbre 1688-1714. ; Paris, La Haye, Mouton, 1967. OCLC 2323606
  • Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717. ; Rouen. Musée des beaux arts, 1966. OCLC 2906632

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