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Claude Gillot
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French painter (1673-1722)
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Claude Gillot was a French painter, draftsperson, graphic artist, and printmaker born in Langres on April 28, 1673. He worked primarily in Paris, where he died on May 4, 1722. Gillot was a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and began his professional work period in 1693. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Corneille and taught several notable artists, including Jean-Antoine Watteau, Nicolas Lancret, François Joullain, and Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus.
His nickname was Le maitre de Watteau. Gillot’s works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. He is described by the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Langres
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- theatre designer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Jean-Baptiste Corneille
- Image
- Portrait de Claude Gillot de Langres (Jean Aubert) cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons category
- Claude Gillot
- date of birth
- 1673-04-27
- date of death
- 1722-05-04
- Commons Creator page
- Claude Gillot
- name in native language
- Claude Gillot
- nickname
- Le maitre de Watteau
- student
- Jean-Antoine Watteau
- has works in the collection
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- start of work period
- 1693-01-01
- end of work period
- 1722-01-01
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Claude Gillot, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![[The Frogs and the Children; Les Grenouilles et les Enfans]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0038%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Frogs and the Children; Les Grenouilles et les Enfans]
![[Le Pécher et le Meurier]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0048%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Le Pécher et le Meurier]
Arlequin Soupirant
Tombeau de Maître André
![[The Beaver and the Cattle; Le Castor et le Boeuf]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0039%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Beaver and the Cattle; Le Castor et le Boeuf]
Tombeau of Maître André
Drafts
Armée d'Egypte-Regiment des dromadaires
![DESSUS DE CLAVECIN [Cover embellishments for a harpsichord]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fcaylus-a-c-p-ab3-0040%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
DESSUS DE CLAVECIN [Cover embellishments for a harpsichord]
![[The Two Lizards; Les Deux Lézards]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0017%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Two Lizards; Les Deux Lézards]
![DESSUS DE CLAVECIN [Cover embellishments for a harpsichord]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fcaylus-a-c-p-ab3-0042%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
DESSUS DE CLAVECIN [Cover embellishments for a harpsichord]
![[Homer and the Deaf; Homère et le Sourd]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0068%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Homer and the Deaf; Homère et le Sourd]
![[The Rat Table; Le Rat tenant table]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0072%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Rat Table; Le Rat tenant table]
Arlequin Glouton
La Passion de la Guerre
![[Les deux Chiens; The Two Dogs]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0046%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Les deux Chiens; The Two Dogs]
La Passion du Jeu
![[The elm and the walnut; L 'Orme et le Noier [Noyer]]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0028%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The elm and the walnut; L 'Orme et le Noier [Noyer]]
![L hidropique Guery; [Healing of a Water Addict]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fhuquier-g-ab3-0002%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
L hidropique Guery; [Healing of a Water Addict]
Scaramouche
![[The Cancer and the Frog; L 'Écrevisse qui se rompt la jambe]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0031%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Cancer and the Frog; L 'Écrevisse qui se rompt la jambe]
La Révéranse d Arlequin
Arlequin Empereur dans la Lune
![[The Donkey; L 'Asne]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0010%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Donkey; L 'Asne]
![[The Lynx and the Mole]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0022%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Lynx and the Mole]
![[The Sparrows; Les Moineaux]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0060%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Sparrows; Les Moineaux]
La Passion de l 'Amour
Tombeau de Maître André
Fester de BACCHUS, celebrée par des Satyres et des Bacchantes
![[The stomach; L 'Estomac]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0027%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The stomach; L 'Estomac]
![[The Ant and the Caterpillar; La Chenille et la Fourmi]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0041%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Ant and the Caterpillar; La Chenille et la Fourmi]
Fester de BACCHUS, celebrée par des Satyres et des Bacchantes
![[The Cat and the Mouse; Le Chat et la Souris]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0052%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Cat and the Mouse; Le Chat et la Souris]
![[A man sitting appears as a goddess and hands him a cap]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0083%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[A man sitting appears as a goddess and hands him a cap]
![[The Rose and the Butterfly; La Rose et la Papillon]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0023%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Rose and the Butterfly; La Rose et la Papillon]
![[The Doctor; Apollon et Minerve, médecins]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fgillot-c-ab3-0055%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Doctor; Apollon et Minerve, médecins]