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Louis La Caze

French physician and art collector (1798-1869) · France · On the map · Doctors · Died at 71

Louis La Caze was a successful French medical doctor and collector of paintings whose bequest of 583 paintings to the Musée du Louvre was one of the largest the museum has ever received. Among the paintings, the most famous are likely to be Pierrot by Antoine Watteau, or Rembrandt's Bathsheba at Her Bath.

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Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Country
France
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1798 to 1869 · aged 71