Antoine Schnapper
Antoine Schnapper of German descent, was a French art historian on art of the 18th century. A student of André Chastel, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre in 1989 on Jacques-Louis David to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution. He taught at the Paris-Sorbonne University.Selected works
- Le métier de peintre au grand siècle ; Paris : Gallimard, 2004.
- Collections et collectionneurs dans la France du XVIIe siècle ; Paris : Flammarion, 1988.
- David témoin de son temps, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1980 :fr:Référence:David, témoin de son temps#Office du Livre |Reference
- Tableaux pour le Trianon de marbre 1688-1714. ; Paris, La Haye, Mouton, 1967.
- Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717. ; Rouen. Musée des beaux arts, 1966.
