| LC control no. | no2012160212 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Graf von, 1776-1855 |
| Variant(s) | Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Graf von Pourtalès-, 1776-1855 Pourtales, Count, 1776-1855 Pourtalès-Gorgier, comte de, 1776-1855 Pourtalès, James Alexandre de, Graf von Pourtalès-Gorgier, 1776-1855 |
| Associated country | Switzerland France |
| Located | Paris, France |
| Birth date | 17761128 |
| Death date | 18550324 |
| Place of birth | Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Field of activity | Art--Collectors and collecting |
| Profession or occupation | Art collector Legislators |
| Found in | Gallery of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian pictures. Catalogue of the distinquished collection of select and beautiful paintings by the most eminent masters of the Dutch and Flemish schools, 1826: title page (Count Pourtales) Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité, 1865: title page (M. le comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier) OCLC, viewed Dec. 12, 2012 (access points: Pourtalès-Gorgier, de, Count; Pourtalès-Gorgier, James Alexander, Count; Pourtales-Gorgier, James; Pourtalès-Gorgier, James Alexandre, comte de, 1776-1855; Pourtalès-Gorgier, James Alexandre de, Count; Pourtalès-Gorgier, James, comte de, 1776-1855; usage: M. le comte de Pourtales-Gorgier; M. le comte de P***; M. le comte de Pourtalès Gorgier) Oxford Art Online, viewed Dec. 12, 2012 (Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre; Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de; Pourtalès, James; born Nov. 28, 1776, in Neuchâtel and died Mar. 24, 1855, in Paris; French patron and art collector of Swiss birth; his father was made a count by Frederick William II of Prussia and in 1813 James-Alexandre acquired the seigneury of Gorgier, adding this to the family name; sold his first collection of Dutch paintings in 1826; collections were dispersed at auction in Paris in 1865) Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, viewed online Dec. 12, 2012 (Pourtalès, James Alexandre de; born Nov. 28, 1776 in Neuchâtel; died Mar. 24, 1855 in Paris; settled in Paris in 1815 and from 1816-1829 was a member of the "Audiences générales" of the French legislature) Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser, 1855, viewed online Dec. 12, 2012: page 616 (Pourtales; James Alexander, Graf von Pourtales-Gorgier) |
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