Marriage Contract Between Jean Baptiste Claude Allevin, Gunmaker, and Barbe Françoise Bernard, Paris, July 13, 1759
Although their works were highly regarded and influential across Europe, remarkably little is known today about the lives and careers of the leading gunmakers of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France. This marriage agreement provides welcome biographical information on Jean-Baptiste Claude Allevin, a celebrated Parisian gunmaker, and his family. The document indicates that his father and a paternal uncle were both gunmakers, as was Pierre Descheaux, a family friend and witness to the contract. At the time, Allevin had not yet become gunmaker to the king and to Monsieur, the king's brother.
Artwork Details
- Title:Marriage Contract Between Jean Baptiste Claude Allevin, Gunmaker, and Barbe Françoise Bernard, Paris, July 13, 1759
- Date:July 13, 1759
- Geography:Paris
- Culture:French, Paris
- Medium:Pen on paper
- Dimensions:12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (32 x 21.2 cm)
- Classification:Documents
- Credit Line:Gift of Herbert G. Houze, 2014
- Object Number:2014.279
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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