Author: Garand, J.B. Title: Portrait print ca 1740 | Portrait print of Jean-Baptiste Willart de Grécourt (1684-1743), made by JB Garand, 1 p.
Description: Portrait of Jean Baptiste Willart de Grecourt at te age of 46. Portrait used in the book Oeuvres diverses de Grécourt tome premier 1740. Jean-Baptiste - Joseph Willart de Grécourt was a French ecclesiastic and poet born on February 7, 1684, in Vallières (now Fondettes) and died at Tours on April 2, 1743. He is from Scottish origin, had much talent as a preacher, but had to be put to an end after the scandal caused by a sermon in which he had made many serious allusions to several ladies of the city. Het went into poetry and pleasures. Engraving on laid paper, damaged. Total size 160 x 100 mm.
Keywords: Portraits
Price: EUR 36.30 = appr. US$ 39.45 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: PR121823