Jean-Baptiste Boyer d'Éguilles explained

Jean-Baptiste Boyer d'Éguilles
Birth Date:21 December 1650
Birth Place:Aix-en-Provence, France
Death Place:Aix-en-Provence, France
Occupation:Aristocrat, lawyer
Spouse:Jeanne-Marie Surle dame d'Argens
Children:11

Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Marquis d'Éguilles (1650–1709) was a French aristocrat, lawyer, and engraver.

Early life

Jean-Baptiste Boyer was born on 21 December 1650 in Aix-en-Provence.

Career

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.

Personal life

He married Jeanne-Marie Surle, Lady of Argens (circa 1650-circa 1720), on 1 April 1671. They had eleven children:

Death

He died in Aix-en-Provence, at the age of fifty-eight.

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