Marriage Contract Between Jean Baptiste Claude Allevin, Gunmaker, and Barbe Françoise Bernard, Paris, July 13, 1759

July 13, 1759

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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.

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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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