Antoine de Ratabon
Antoine de Ratabon (1617 – 12 March 1670) was a French aristocrat who served as an arts and architecture administrator during the reign of Louis XIV. He was the first Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture from 1655 to 1670 as well as the Surintendant des Bâtiments (Superintendent of Buildings) from 1656 to 1664.
Antoine de Ratabon | |
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Possible portrait of Antoine de Ratabon by Pierre Rabon (1660) | |
| Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1655–1670 | |
| Monarch | Louis XIV of France |
| Succeeded by | Charles Errard |
| Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi | |
| In office 1656 – 1 January 1664 | |
| Preceded by | Étienne Le Camus |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1617 Montpellier, France |
| Died | 12 March 1670 (aged 52–53) Paris, France |
| Residence | Hôtel de Ratabon |
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