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This edit: 1) Adds an 'info box' summary of Alphonse de Cailleux's main details; 2) Adds details about the upgrade of Alphonse de Cailleux's Legion of Honour Knighthood to an Officer status; 3) Adjusts the full name to equate to the name on the Legion of Honour certificate; 4) Adds sections, including both a 'Bibliography, "Awards" section etc, common in such bibliography 'Wikipages'; 5) Makes grammar adjustments; 6) Creates archived references; 7) Adds some 'free link.
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'''Alphonse de Cailleux''', in full '''Alexandre-Alphonse-Achille, vicomte de Cailloux'''<ref>The spelling ''de Cailleux'' is more common.</ref> (31 December 1788 in [[Rouen]] – 24 May 1876) was a painter, connoisseur and [[arts administrator]] who became director of the [[Musée du Louvre]] and all the royal museums of France. Under the Bourbon Restoration he was attached to the reconstituted royal household (the ''maison du roi'').
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| birth_name = Alexandre Achille Alphonse de Cailleux
| birth_place = [[Rouen]] ([[Normandie]], [[France]])
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1788|12|31}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1876|05|24|1788|12|31}}
| death_place = [[Paris]] ([[Île-de-France]], [[France]])
| nationality = [[People of France|French]]
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| occupation = Museum Director
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| awards = [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Legion of Honour]] - Knight<br>[[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|50px]] [[Legion of Honour]] - Officer (1826)
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'''Alphonse de Cailleux''', in full '''Alexandre Achille Alphonse de Cailloux'''<ref name="NationalArchives-1976"/> but numerous variations exist<ref>{{cite web|title=Union List of Artists' Nsme - Online Full Record Display|website=Getty Center|language=en|url=https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500057069|access-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102073641/https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500057069|archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> (31 December 1788 – 24 May 1876) was a painter, connoisseur and [[arts administrator]] who became director of the [[Musée du Louvre]] and all the royal museums of France. Under the [[Bourbon Restoration]]. he was attached to the reconstituted royal household (''[[maison du roi]]'').
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As ''secrétaire général des Musées royaux'' he shared a carriage with [[Charles Nodier]],<ref>With Nodier and Baron Isidore-Juste-Séverin Taylor he collaborated that same year, writing the section on Normandy in Taylor's ''Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France'' (Paris: Firmin Didot) 1825. [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]] mentioned it when he sent a letter of recommendation to introduce Cailleux to his patron Jacques-Louis Leblanc at Florence, 16 March 1825 (Hans Naef and Claus Virch, "Ingres to M. Leblanc: An Unpublished Letter" ''The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin'' New Series, '''29'''.4 [December 1970], pp. 178-184).</ref> [[Jean Alaux]] and Victor Hugo at the coronation of [[Charles X of France|Charles X]] in 1825. In 1836 he was appointed ''directeur adjoint'' at the Louvre, where he assisted the increasingly debilitated [[Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin]]; at Forbin's death he was appointed ''directeur général des beaux-arts'', a precursor of the position of Minister of Fine Arts.


==Bibliography==
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In 1845 he was elected a ''membre libre'' (not being an artist himself) of the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] of the [[Institut de France]]. He was also a chevalier of the [[Légion d'Honneur]]. In February 1848, as revolt erupted and Louis Philippe abdicated, this confirmed royalist resigned his posts.
===Early Life===


Cailleux was born on 31 December 1788 in [[Rouen]] ([[Normandie]], [[France]]).
His portrait, attributed to [[Georges Rouget]], is at the [[Palace of Versailles|Musée de Versailles]].<ref>[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REPR&VALUE_98=%20Cailleux%20Alphonse%20Achille%20de&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=1 (Ministère de la culture)]</ref>

===Employment===

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As ''secrétaire général des Musées royaux'', he shared a carriage with [[Charles Nodier]],<ref>With Nodier and Baron Isidore-Juste-Séverin Taylor he collaborated that same year, writing the section on Normandy in Taylor's ''Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France'' (Paris: Firmin Didot) 1825. [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]] mentioned it when he sent a letter of recommendation to introduce Cailleux to his patron Jacques-Louis Leblanc at Florence, 16 March 1825 (Hans Naef and Claus Virch, "Ingres to M. Leblanc: An Unpublished Letter" ''The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin'' New Series, '''29'''.4 [December 1970], pp. 178-184).</ref> [[Jean Alaux]] and [[Victor Hugo]] at the coronation of [[Charles X of France|Charles X]] in 1825. In 1836, he was appointed ''directeur adjoint'' at the Louvre, where he assisted the increasingly debilitated [[Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin]]. Upon Forbin's death he was appointed ''directeur général des beaux-arts'', a precursor of the position of Minister of Fine Arts.

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In 1845, he was elected a ''membre libre'' (not being an artist himself) of the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] of the [[Institut de France]]. As revolt erupted and Louis Philippe abdicated in February 1848, Cailleux, a confirmed royalist, resigned his posts.

===Death===

On 24 May 1876, Cailleux died in [[Paris]] ([[Île-de-France]], [[France]]).

==Awards==

He was a [[Knight]] of the [[Legion of Honour]], but was promoted to Officer by decree on 17 May 1826.<ref name="NationalArchives-1976">{{cite web|title=Cailleux de, Alexandre Achille Alphonse|website=National Archives - Léonore Database|location=France|date=24 May 1876|page=1 & 2|language=fr|url=https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/62919|access-date=30 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ia601500.us.archive.org/30/items/2021-08-09a-alexander-de-cailleux/2021-08-09a%20Alexander%20de%20Cailleux.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> His portrait<ref>Under the name ''Achille Alexandre Alphonse, vicomte de Cailleux''</ref>, attributed to [[Georges Rouget]], is at the [[Palace of Versailles|Musée de Versailles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Achille Alexandre Alphonse, vicomte de Cailleux (1788-1876), Directeur des Musées Royaux|website=Louvre|language=fr|url=https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010208741|access-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809002436/https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010208741|archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joconde - Portail des Collections des Musées de France|trans-title=Mona Lisa - Portal of the Collections of the Museums of France|website=Minister of Culture|language=fr|url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=REPR&VALUE_98=%20Cailleux%20Alphonse%20Achille%20de&DOM=All&REL_SPECIFIC=1|access-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ia601503.us.archive.org/19/items/3032-08-09a-jonde-portail-des-collections-des-musees-de-france/3032-08-09a%20Jonde%20-%20Portail%20des%20Collections%20des%20Mus%C3%A9es%20de%20France.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 13:13, 9 August 2021

Alphonse de Cailleux, in full Alexandre Achille Alphonse de Cailloux[1] but numerous variations exist[2] (31 December 1788 – 24 May 1876) was a painter, connoisseur and arts administrator who became director of the Musée du Louvre and all the royal museums of France. Under the Bourbon Restoration. he was attached to the reconstituted royal household (maison du roi).

Bibliography

Early Life

Cailleux was born on 31 December 1788 in Rouen (Normandie, France).

Employment

As secrétaire général des Musées royaux, he shared a carriage with Charles Nodier,[3] Jean Alaux and Victor Hugo at the coronation of Charles X in 1825. In 1836, he was appointed directeur adjoint at the Louvre, where he assisted the increasingly debilitated Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin. Upon Forbin's death he was appointed directeur général des beaux-arts, a precursor of the position of Minister of Fine Arts.

In 1845, he was elected a membre libre (not being an artist himself) of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France. As revolt erupted and Louis Philippe abdicated in February 1848, Cailleux, a confirmed royalist, resigned his posts.

Death

On 24 May 1876, Cailleux died in Paris (Île-de-France, France).

Awards

He was a Knight of the Legion of Honour, but was promoted to Officer by decree on 17 May 1826.[1] His portrait[4], attributed to Georges Rouget, is at the Musée de Versailles.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Cailleux de, Alexandre Achille Alphonse". National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. 24 May 1876. p. 1 & 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Union List of Artists' Nsme - Online Full Record Display". Getty Center. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2 January 2021 suggested (help)
  3. ^ With Nodier and Baron Isidore-Juste-Séverin Taylor he collaborated that same year, writing the section on Normandy in Taylor's Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France (Paris: Firmin Didot) 1825. Ingres mentioned it when he sent a letter of recommendation to introduce Cailleux to his patron Jacques-Louis Leblanc at Florence, 16 March 1825 (Hans Naef and Claus Virch, "Ingres to M. Leblanc: An Unpublished Letter" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin New Series, 29.4 [December 1970], pp. 178-184).
  4. ^ Under the name Achille Alexandre Alphonse, vicomte de Cailleux
  5. ^ "Achille Alexandre Alphonse, vicomte de Cailleux (1788-1876), Directeur des Musées Royaux". Louvre (in French). Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Joconde - Portail des Collections des Musées de France" [Mona Lisa - Portal of the Collections of the Museums of France]. Minister of Culture (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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