Maupérin ( fl. 1766-) was a French painter of the 18th century who produced works for

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

. Maupérin was a painter of some reputation. On 31 December 1766, he obtained the third medal of the

Académie Royale An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

. He was a member of the

Académie de Saint-Luc The Académie de Saint-Luc was the guild of painters and sculptors set up in Paris in 1391, and dissolved in 1776.Alfred Fierro (1996). ''Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris''. Paris: Robert Laffont. It was set up by the Provost of Paris in 1391, a ...

, where some of his works were put on display in 1774. He notably painted the young

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

ese Prince

Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh (1780–1801), also known as Prince Cảnh, was the eldest son of the Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, the future Emperor Gia Long. At the age of seven, he famously visited France with the French Catholic Father Pignea ...

, and Father Pigneau de Béhaine of the

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, during their embassy in Paris in 1787. These paintings are now located at the Paris Foreign Missions Society.Missions Étrangères de Paris official website
He also exhibited some of his works at the

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after the

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Paintings

Image:Pigneau de Behaine MEP portrait.jpg, Portrait of Pigneau de Béhaine, 1787, by Maupérin. Image:Prince Canh MEP.jpg, Portrait of the Vietnamese Crown Prince Nguyen Phuc Canh, eldest son of Emperor Gia Long, 1787, by Maupérin.

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*''Les Missions Etrangères. Trois siècles et demi d'histoire et d'aventure en Asie'' Editions Perrin, 2008, 18th-century French painters French male painters Year of birth missing Year of death missing 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-stub