Dezallier d'Argenville [SEP] place of death
Dezallier d'Argenville
The family of Dezallier d'Argenville produced two writers and connoisseurs in the course of the 18th century.
Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville.
Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (Paris, 1 July 1680 – 29 November 1765), avocat to the Parlement de Paris and secretary to the king, was a connoisseur of gardening who laid out two for himself and his family, before writing "La théorie et la pratique du jardinage" (published anonymously, 1709; second edition, 1713), based on his experience
artistic jealousy and desire to excel at court. The Royal Alcazar of Madrid was destroyed in a fire at Christmas 1734. The fire had started in one of Ranc's rooms at the old Habsburg palace. Suffering from problems with his sight, Ranc became severely depressed, and died in Madrid in 1735, aged 61.
On Ranc's death, Rigaud was once again asked to choose an official painter to the Spanish court, as attested by Dezallier d'Argenville: 
Style.
Ranc had a close relationship with Rigaud;