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Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Marquis d'Éguilles (1650–1709) was a French aristocrat, lawyer, and engraver.
Jean-Baptiste Boyer d'Éguilles | |
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 Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Boyer d'Éguilles, engraved by Jacobus Coelemans after design by Hyacinthe Rigaud | |
| Born | 21 December 1650 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Died | 4 October 1709 (aged 58) Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Occupation(s) | Aristocrat, lawyer |
| Spouse | Jeanne-Marie Surle dame d'Argens |
| Children | 11 |
Jean-Baptiste Boyer was born on 21 December 1650 in Aix-en-Provence.
He became procurator-general of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.
His love of the arts led him into an intimacy with the principal artists of his time, particularly with Pierre Paul Puget, the celebrated sculptor, with whom he went to Italy.
He amassed a large collection of pictures, sculptures, etc., and published the prints in two volumes; six of the plates were engraved by himself.
He also amused himself with painting, for which he is said to have had an excellent taste. Some of his plates are executed with the graver, the others were produced by mezzotint.
He married Jeanne-Marie Surle, Lady of Argens (circa 1650-circa 1720), on 1 April 1671. They had eleven children:
He died in Aix-en-Provence, at the age of fifty-eight.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Boyer, Jean Baptiste". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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