Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chaussard (29 January 1766,

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– 30 September 1823), known as

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Chaussard, was a French writer, art critic, poet, revolutionary, politician and follower of

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. According to Michaud in his ''Biographie universelle'', Chaussard was "a writer who would perhaps have failed to make a lasting reputation if he had lived under other circumstances". In 1809 he was elected a correspondent, living abroad, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands.

Family

Pierre Chaussard was the son of the architect Jean-Baptiste Chaussard (1729–1818) and of Anne Michelle Chevotet, daughter of the royal architect

Jean-Michel Chevotet Jean-Michel Chevotet (11 July 1698, Paris – 4 December 1772) was a French architect. He and Pierre Contant d'Ivry were among the most eminent Parisian architects of the day and designed in both the restrained French Rococo manner, known as the ...

. He was also the great nephew of

Jean Valade Jean Valade (1710 - 12 December 1787) was a French painter and pastel artist of the Rococo movement, specializing in portraiture. Early life He was born in Poitiers. Valade was the son of Léonard who was also a painter and Marie Bellot. He tra ...

, peintre du roi, and close cousin to

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and

Benoît Mottet de La Fontaine Benoît Mottet de La Fontaine (4 July 1745 – 30 April 1820) was a French officier de plume and an administrator of French India. He was the uncle of Agathe de Rambaud. Biography Mottet was born in the château de Compiègne. Mottet was sen ...

. Pierre-Jean-Baptiste was thus raised amidst a family moving in noble circles, close to major aristocrats who were witnesses at his marriage. His father's architecture, however, went out of fashion and he did not work at all after 1789, with most of his clients emigrating or being guillotined.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaussard, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste 1766 births 1823 deaths French art critics People of the French Revolution French politicians French male non-fiction writers Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences