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Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour
Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour (6 October 1738, Lyon – 15 November 1793, Lyon) was a French art critic, mathematician, financier, and essayist. He was the son of the mathematician Jacques Mathon de la Cour (1712–1777).
He wrote distinguished works such as "L'État des finances de la France" ("The state of French finances", 1758), the "Lettres sur les peintures, sculptures et gravures exposées au salon du Louvre"
was slow but steady, and it ceased publication in 1833, superseded by the literary magazine as we know it today.
Sautreau de Marsy was the editor until 1793 (with Joseph Mathon de la Cour from 1766 to 1769). Étienne Vigée kept it going from 1794 to 1820, succeeded in turn by Justin Gensoul (1821–29) and Jean-Pierre Lesguillon (1830-33).
References.
- Frédéric Lachèvre, "Bibliographie sommaire de l'Almanach des muses (1765-1833)", Paris, L.