Count D'Orsay (other)

	Count D'Orsay (other) Count d'Orsay may refer to: * Pierre Grimod du Fort (1692—1748), fermier général and art collector under Louis XV Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d'Orsay (1748—1809), art collector Albert Gaspard Grimod (1772–1843), Bonapartist general and nobleman Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay (1801–1852), French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion See also Orsay Orsay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. A fortifie ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pierre Grimod Du Fort Pierre Grimod du Fort (1692 – 25 October 1748) was a fermier général and art collector under Louis XV, and a member of the Grimaud, or Grimod, family. One of the richest fermiers, he was also superintendent of the Post Office. Biography He married Marie Antoinette de Caulincourt (b. 1731) and they had one child, Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimaud d'Orsay (1748–1809). On 8 July 1741 he bought the ''seigneurie d'Orsay'' (fiefdom of Orsay), in the valley of Chevreuse, which his son had made into a countship on his majority, becoming Comte d'Orsay. He built a chateau in what is now the Parc d'Orsay and began the extensive picturesque gardens around it which were continued after his death by the Dufort family counsellor. In Paris, Pierre bought the hôtel Chamillart on the rue du Coq-Héron, in 1734, and had it decorated by Charles-Joseph Natoire Charles-Joseph Natoire (3 March 1700 – 23 August 1777) was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of François Lemoyne an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod D'Orsay Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d'Orsay (14 December 1748 – 3 January 1809, Vienna), ''count, comte Orsay, d'Orsay'', was a collector of sculptures, paintings and drawings (which were seized by the government in 1793 and donated to the Louvre). Early life He was the only son of the "fermier général" Pierre Grimaud du Fort (1692–1748) and his wife, Marie Antoinette Felicité de Caulaincourt (b. 1731), daughter of Louis Armand de Caulaincourt, Marquis de Caulaincourt (1690–1734). Biography In 1766, 18 years after his father's death, he reached his majority and assumed control of his enormous inheritance from his father, making him one of the richest men of his day. Work on the gardens of the family chateau at Orsay, begun by his father and continued by Pierre Gaspard's guardians, including, in 1758, extensive work under the direction of the talented architect Jean-Michel Chevotet (1698–1772), who had won the Prix de Rome in 1722 and was admitted to the Royal Academy of Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Albert Gaspard Grimod Jean-François-Louis-Marie-Albert-Gaspard Grimod (15 June 1772 – 26 December 1843), ''Count, comte Orsay, d'Orsay'', was a Bonapartist general and nobleman. Early life He was the son of the collector Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d'Orsay, Pierre Gaspard Grimod, comte d'Orsay (1748–1809) and his first wife, Princess Marie Louise Amélie de House of Croÿ#The line of Croÿ-Solre, Croÿ-Molembais, (1748–1772), who died in giving birth to him and his father began travelling Europe for consolation, gathering famous paintings and sculptures into a notable collection. After his mother's death, his father married Princess Marie Anne of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, on 22 August 1784. The couple moved to Germany in 1787, meaning that - on the outbreak of the French Revolution two years later - Albert's father was declared an ''émigré'' and their property in France was seized. They were left in the poverty in which Albert's father died. His maternal gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay Alfred Guillaume Gabriel Grimod d'Orsay, comte d'Orsay (4 September 18014 August 1852) was a French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion in the early- to mid-19th century. Biography He was born in Paris, the second son of Albert Gaspard Grimaud, Comte d'Orsay, a Bonapartist general. His mother was Baroness Eleonore von Franquemont, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Württemberg and the Italian adventuress Anne Franchi. His elder brother died in infancy. In 1821, he entered the French army of the restored Bourbon monarchy (against his own Bonapartist tendencies), attending the lavish coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom in London that year (staying until 1822) and serving as a Garde du Corps of Louis XVIII. While in London he formed an acquaintance with Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington and Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, which quickly ripened into intimacy. Scholars have speculated both that the Countess and d'Orsay had an affair, and that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]