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Philip Mercier
[German-born French Painter, ca.1689-1760]
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Philip Mercier Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Philip Mercier at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Playing Soldier, ca.1743
National Gallery, London, UK
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW!
Includes a biography of the artist
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Royal Collection, London, UK
2 paintings online
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2 works by or related to the artist
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Musee Magnin, Dijon, France
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
The Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, UK
The Hon Robert Dalzell
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) 
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Art Signature Dictionary NEW!
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Philip Mercier in the Web Gallery of Art 
Philip Mercier at CGFA 
Memory of the Netherlands Project
Great scans; use your mouse wheel to zoom in on the detail images
RKD Netherlands Imagebase NEW!
Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
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