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François Louis Thomas Francia

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WA-00071478

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ3085223

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Is PublishedManual· 100%✓

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Tate
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%

About

Why this artist matters now

François Louis Thomas Francia (1772–1839) was a French watercolour painter born in Calais and famous for his shore landscapes. He spent much of the earlier part of his life in England. The British painter Richard Parkes Bonington was his pupil.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 85% · Updated 8d ago

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Tate

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Artworks (3)

Fishing Luggers (Chasse-marée) Making Sail, Off Calais

1818 · Graphite, pen and brown-red ink, and watercolor

3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Schepen voor de haven van Vlissingen

1814 · watercolor (paint), paper, pencil, ink

height: 301 cm, width: 450 cm

Rijksmuseum

Wrak op hoge golven

1782 · brush on watercolor (paint), paper

height: 100 cm, width: 160 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (3)

3 published of 66 catalogued · 3 with image

Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
The Met
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 63 catalogued, not yet published

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2 entries · 1 sources

Wrak op hoge golven
1782 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Schepen voor de haven van Vlissingen
1814 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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