Roger de Piles [SEP] date of death
Roger de Piles
Roger de Piles (7 October 1635 – 5 April 1709) was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.
Life.
Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles studied philosophy and theology, and devoted himself to painting.
In 1662 he became tutor to Michel Amelot de Gournay, whom he was to follow throughout his life, acting as secretary to his various missions as French ambassador to Venice, Portugal, Spain.
In Venice (1682–1685) he started a famous collection of
Publications.
- Roger de Piles – "Cours de peinture par principes avec un balance de peintres"
Births.
- January 25 – Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter (died 1787)
- June 20 – François-Elie Vincent, Swiss painter of portrait miniatures (died 1790)
- December 18 – John Collier, English caricaturist and satirist (died 1786)
- "date unknown"
- Francis Hayman, painter and illustrator (died 1776)
- Giuseppe Ghedini, Italian painter and