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Gaspard Duché de Vancy (1756–1788) was a French artist of the 18th century. He grew up in Vienna and exhibited not only at Paris' Salon of Young Artists (1781), but also at London's
Exploration & Discovery: 1770–1840 - Lieutenant Blondela and Gaspard Duché de VancyGaspard Duché de Vancy
in the RKD 1756 births 1780s missing person cases 1788 deaths 18th-century French painters 18th-century French people Artists from Vienna French male painters People lost at sea 18th-century French male artists {{France-artist-stub
Gaspard Duché de Vancy (1756–1788) was a French artist of the 18th century. He grew up in Vienna and exhibited not only at Paris' Salon of Young Artists (1781), but also at London's Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
(1784). He was particularly active in portraiture, producing images of Stanislaus of Poland (1784), the secretary of the Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
(1784) and Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...
, and was also taken on as the official artist of the La Perouse expedition, on which he disappeared. His skull was thought to have been found off Vanikoro in April 2003, but DNA tests proved inconclusive.
See also
*List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea
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Exploration & Discovery: 1770–1840 - Lieutenant Blondela and Gaspard Duché de Vancy
in the RKD 1756 births 1780s missing person cases 1788 deaths 18th-century French painters 18th-century French people Artists from Vienna French male painters People lost at sea 18th-century French male artists {{France-artist-stub