Paul Fréart de Chantelou
Art collector · France · Scientists · Lived 1609 to 1694 · aged 85
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Something wrong?Paul Fréart de Chantelou was a French collector and patron of the arts. He encouraged major artists of his era, in particular Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), and is known for his diary describing Bernini's visit to Paris in 1665.
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Title page of Fréart de Chantelou's Journal du voyage du cavalier Bernin
Bust of Louis XIV, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1665). The Journal describes in detail the gestation of this marble bust of the King. This is one of the few portraits for which Louis XIV agreed to pose: he allowed thirteen sittings.In their orbit
Sibling: Roland Fréart de ChambrayScientists from France 6
About this person
Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1609 to 1694 · aged 85
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