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Marquis D'Argens
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (24 June 1704 – 11 January 1771) was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic Church, who was a close friend of Voltaire and spent much of his life in exile at the court of Frederick the Great. Life Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, later Marquis d’Argens, was born on 24 June 1704 in the southern French town of Aix-en-Provence. He was the eldest of seven children of Pierre-Jean de Boyer and Angélique de L'Enfant, daughter of Luc de L'Enfant (1656–1729), President of the Regional Parliament. Pierre-Jean de Boyer was Procureur général or Attorney-General for the Regional Parliament of Provence and a member of the Second Estate, the ''Noblesse de robe'' or Nobles of the robe. Their rank derived from the possession of judicial or administrative posts and unlike the aristocratic ''Noblesse d'épée'' or Nobles of the Sword, they were often hard-working middle-class professionals. By the mid-18th century, many of these pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Van Der Schley
Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley (26 July 1715 Amsterdam – 7 February 1779 Amsterdam) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733) whose style he subsequently copied. His main interests were engraving portraits and producing illustrations for " La Vie de Marianne" by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (1688-1763), published in The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ... between 1735 and 1747. He also engraved the frontispieces for a 15-volume edition of the complete works of Pierre de Brantôme (1540-1614), "''Oeuvres du seigneur de Brantôme''", published in The Hague in 1740. Most of the plates in the Hague edition of Prévost's "''Histoire générale des voyages''" are signed by van der Schley. He cooperated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
