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Nicolas Bernard Lépicié

1735–1784

WA-00046834

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WikidataQ2468565

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2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/40668
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/nicolas-bernard-lepicie
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié was a French painter and teacher of painting, the son of two well-known engravers at the time, François-Bernard Lépicié and Renée-Élisabeth Marlié. Lépicié was famous in his lifetime, and compared to Chardin and Greuze.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 8d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (10)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine; Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy; Saint Catherine Touched by Divine Love

1775 · Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk underdrawing; framing lines in pen and brown ink

8 5/16 x 14 1/16 in. (21.1 x 35.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Woman in Profile

1774 · Red and black chalk

8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (21.6 x 19.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boy with a Drawing Book

1772 · oil paint (paint), canvas

height: 40 cm, width: 32 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Interior of a Large Market

1770 · Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk

Sheet: 5 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15 × 25.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Castle of Cards

1762 · Etching and engraving

Sheet (Trimmed): 8 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (21.8 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Boy with Head Down

1760 · gray wash on laid paper, on an old mount

sheet: 17.1 × 22.2 cm (6 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.) mount: 22.2 × 30 cm (8 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

1750 · Charcoal, stumped, black chalk heightened with white on gray-green paper

19 15/16 x 13 3/8 in. (50.7 x 34 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Copies after Jusepe de Ribera

1745 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink

13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.7 x 23.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Nude Male Figures

1745 · Charcoal, stumped, black chalk, heightened with white, on gray-green paper

13 1/4 x 20 in. (33.6 x 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slapend meisje

1745 · brush on chalk, paper

width: 175 cm, height: 210 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

The Met
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Nga
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 3 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Slapend meisje
1745 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boy with a Drawing Book
1772 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Aeneas at the Tomb of Anchises (recto); Aeneas at the Tome of Anchises (verso) (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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