Alexandre-François Desportes Works Online
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Original works by Alexandre-François Desportes available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dog and Game, 1711
Still Life with a Dead Hare and Fruit, 1711
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
6 works online by Desportes
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Alexandre-Francois Desportes at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Self-portrait in Hunting Dress, 1699
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)
Alexandre-Francois Desportes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
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National Gallery, London, UK
Study of Two Trees, ca.1700
Alexandre-Francois Desportes in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Musée de Grenoble, France (in French)
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France (in French)
Nature morte au paon
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)
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Musee Magnin, Dijon, France
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Urn of Flowers with Fruits and Hare, 1715
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida - Provenance Research
Hunting Dog Chasing Waterfowl
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Study of a Pointer
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)
The Wallace Collection, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market:
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Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Alexandre-Francois Desportes in the Art Renewal Center
Alexandre-Francois Desportes at CGFA
Alexandre-Francois Desportes in the Web Gallery of Art
Alexandre-Francois Desportes in the WebMuseum 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
Humanities Web
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
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Miscellaneous Sites:
The Age of Enlightenment in the Paintings of France's National Museums
The Wolf Hunt
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Alexandre-Francois Desportes 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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