Philippe Mercier

French · 1689–1760 · Painter, Printmaker

Philippe Mercier was an artist of French Huguenot descent from the German realm of Brandenburg-Prussia, usually defined to French school. Active in England for most of his… (Wikipedia)

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Philippe Mercier was an artist of French Huguenot descent from the German realm of Brandenburg-Prussia, usually defined to French school. Active in England for most of his working life, Mercier is considered one of the first practitioners of the Rococo style, and is credited with influencing a new generation of 18th-century English artists.

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Born 1689, BerlinDied 1760, LondonOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q3380372 ↗ULAN 500005005 ↗Museum works 10

Also known as Mercer, Mercier, P. Mercier, Philip Mercier, Phillipe Mercier, Pierre-Philippe Mercier

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Philippe Mercier, The Singing Party — **The Singing Party**1732
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Philippe Mercier, Pierrot Catching a Fly — **Pierrot Catching a Fly**1745
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Institute of Chicago

Philippe Mercier, Sir Edward Hales, Baronet, of Hales Place, Hackington, Kent — **Sir Edward Hales, Baronet, of Hales Place, Hackington, Kent**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Sense of Taste — **The Sense of Taste**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Sense of Touch — **The Sense of Touch**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Sense of Sight — **The Sense of Sight**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Sense of Smell — **The Sense of Smell**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Sense of Hearing — **The Sense of Hearing**1744
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Philippe Mercier, The Family Promenade, also called Philippe Mercier, His First Wife, and Family — **The Family Promenade, also called Philippe Mercier, His First Wife, and Family**c. 1725 · Etching in black on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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