Joseph-Marie Vien

Joseph-Marie Vien
Portrait of Joseph-Marie Vien by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1784
Born(1716-06-18)18 June 1716
Montpellier, France
Died27 March 1809(1809-03-27) (aged 92)
Paris, French Empire
Resting placePanthéon, Paris
Known forPainting
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(m. 1757; died 1806)​
ChildrenJoseph-Marie Vien the young

Joseph-Marie Vien (18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791, before it was abolished during the French Revolution.

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