Augustin Blondel de Gagny, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French art collector and connoisseur
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About Augustin Blondel de Gagny
- Augustin Blondel de Gagny (French pronunciation: ?[ogyst?~ bl?~d?l d? ga?i]; March 1695 – 9 July 1776) was a French connoisseur of the arts and a collector whose series of Paris auction sales, which took place soon after his death were high-water marks of the history of collecting in 18th-century France.
- Paintings and sculptures that passed through Blondel de Gagny's collection are dispersed in many of the world's great museums.
- The prints from his collection are less easily traced.
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