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Henri Testelin

French painter (1616-1695)
Person human Q3086677

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1616
Date of death
April 17, 1695
Place of birth
Paris
Place of death
The Hague
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Occupation
painter, theorist, etcher, art historian, artist
Position held
court painter[11]
Sibling
Louis Testelin[21]
Genre
portrait[14]
Work location
Paris, The Hague[17][18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[20]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library[28]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[27]
Family name
Testelin[15]
Given name
Henri[16]
Has works in the collection
Musée de l'Histoire de France, Palace of Versailles, Musée Fabre, Marble House[23][24][25][26]
Member of
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[22]
P14585
41968
Relative
Pasquier Testelin[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Henri Testelin en Henri Tettelin en Henry Testelin fa آنری تستولا zh 亨利·泰斯特兰
🔖 Identifiers · 50
ISNI
000000008084166X
VIAF cluster ID
5002555
Library of Congress authority ID
no91023141
GND ID
104045043
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Henri Testelin by Jean Tiger.jpg ↗
AGORHA UUID
44a3de62-3f1b-41a7-921d-d8db9960dd69
AGORHA person/institution ID
4107
Artnet artist ID
henri-testelin
AskArt person ID
11074679
Athenaeum person ID
7475
Benezit ID
B00181231
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12332314k
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Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
44145609
Bridgeman artist ID
3421
British Museum person or institution ID
48225
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00347092
DDB person (GND) ID
104045043
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
104045043
ECARTICO person ID
7338
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
5af7b9dd-32ee-41c3-9c75-dbfcad18cf58
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
testelin-louis-et-henri
Europeana entity
agent/base/31519
FAST ID
1501652
Freebase ID
/m/07s48g3
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004782569707141
IdRef ID
091995485
Invaluable.com person ID
a4nzafv9my
Joconde author ID
T513-29188
KBR person ID
14004290
Met Constituent ID
162524
MutualArt artist ID
C5233110FCC2C2A2
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007347159405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810689497305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1619064
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
250103397
Open Library ID
OL2402353A, OL5709595A
OpenMLOL author ID
122997, 227890
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
20814
RA Collections ID
9386
RKDartists ID
76906
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
112563
Royal Academy ID
henri-testelin
SBN author ID
VEAV029488, LO1V419190
SHARE Catalogue author ID
717637
Union List of Artist Names ID
500032083
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11330527
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/272478
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
t/testelin
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxcWvXqXcKpxDXJX98wG3
Yale LUX ID
person/b32fba94-7909-459e-873b-1bce2df122a2

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 4
Palace of Versailles, Musée Fabre, Marble House, Musée de l'Histoire de France
Occupation 2
painter, theorist
Work location 2
Paris, The Hague
Country of citizenship 1
France
Genre 1
portrait
Given name 1
Henri
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
Paris
Place of death 1
The Hague
Position held 1
court painter
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Louis Testelin
Siblings 1
Louis Testelin
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Summary

Henri Testelin was born on January 1, 1616[1], in Paris[2]. He died on April 17, 1695[3], in The Hague[4]. He worked as a painter[5], theorist[6], etcher[7], art historian[8], and artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Henri Testelin born?

Henri Testelin was born in Paris[2].

Where did Henri Testelin die?

Henri Testelin died in The Hague[4].

What did Henri Testelin do for work?

Henri Testelin worked as a painter[5], theorist[6], etcher[7], art historian[8], and artist[9].

Related Entities

France Musée Fabre Palace of Versailles The Hague

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, theorist, etcher +2
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  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Henri
    Country of citizenship → France
    Occupation → painter, theorist, etcher +2
    Member of → Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
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