Florent le Comte

"Cabinet des singularitez d’architecture, peinture, sculpture, et graveure", 1699

Florent le Comte (1655 1712), was a French writer and engraver.

Biography

According to Houbraken he used his Cabinet des singularitez as a source for Dutch painters active in France, along with similar books on artists by Roger de Piles and André Felibien.[1] Though he quotes the French title, in his biographical sketch of Romeyn de Hooghe he includes a long citation in Dutch from the Dutch translation.[1]

According to the RKD his Cabinet des singularitez written in 1699 was translated into Dutch in 1708.[2] Though he called himself a painter and sculptor, no works are known.[2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (Dutch) Florent le Comte as source in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 2.0 2.1 Florent le Comte in the RKD