Marc-Roch-Horace de Salviac, comte de Viel-Castel, known as Horace de Viel-Castel, was an art lover and collector, and director of the Louvre until 1863. A Bonapartist, he staunchly supported Napoleon III.
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Marc-Roch-Horace de Salviac, comte de Viel-Castel, known as Horace de Viel-Castel, was an art lover and collector, and director of the Louvre until 1863. A Bonapartist, he staunchly supported Napoleon III. He was an intimate of Princess Mathilde and of Alfred de Musset, the right arm of Nieuwerkerke until his disgrace on 12 March 1863. He was a great-nephew of Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau.
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Lived 1802 to 1864 · aged 62
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