Pierre Grimod du Fort [SEP] date of birth
Pierre Grimod du Fort
Pierre Grimod du Fort (1692 – October 1748) was a fermier général and art collector under Louis XV, and a member of the Grimaud, or Grimod, family. One of the richest fermiers, he was also superintendent of the Post Office.
He married Marie Antoinette de Caulincourt and they had one child, Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimaud d'Orsay (1748–1809).
On 8 July 1741 he bought the "seigneurie d'Orsay" (fiefdom of Orsay), in the valley of Chevreuse, which
prejudices, he was a man of ability, honesty and simplicity, who devoted himself to efficient administration".
Farmers-general also figured among prominent supporters of French music and collectors of paintings and sculpture, such as Pierre Grimod du Fort, and as patrons of the "marchands-mercier", a type of merchants who dealt with decorative art objects.
As consumers of luxurious art the farmers-general were at the vanguard of Parisian fashion, like Ange Laurent Lalive de Jully, a patron of arts who embraced