Dictionary of Art HistoriansFull Name
Villot, Fédéric
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Date Born
1809
Date Died
1875
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Overview
Director of the Louvre Museum and conservateur des peintures. In 1850, Otto Mündler published an essay on old Master paintings in the Louvre criticizing of the Louvre's administrative policies and particularly the research of Villot, pointing out the errors in Villot's 1849 catalog.
Selected Bibliography
Notice des tableaux exposés dans les galeries du Musée national du Louvre [series:] I, Ecoles d'Italie. Paris: Vinchon, 1849 [added to as] 1re pt. Écoles d'Italie et d'Espagne (3. éd.) [first by Villot to include Spain], 1853, 2e pt. Écoles allemande, flamande et hollandaise (6th ed.) [first under Villot's authorship], Paris: Vinchon, 1859, 3e partie. École française. Paris: Charles de Mourgues Frères/Musées Impériaux, 1857 [3rd ed, first under Villot's authorship], abridged English, and Both de Tauzia, L.. Guide through the Galleries of Paintings of the Imperial Museum of the Louvre. Paris: Printed by de Soye and Bouchet, 1856; Notice des peintures, sculptures, gravures et lithographies de l'école moderne de France exposés dans les galeries du Musée National du Luxembourg. Paris: Vinchon, 1852.
Sources
Anderson, Jaynie. "Mündler, Otto." The Dictionary of Art.