Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

Robert Arnauld d’Andilly, by Philippe de Champaigne (Louvre)

Robert Arnauld d’Andilly (28 May 1589 – 27 September 1674, abbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs)[1] was a French conseiller d’État, specialising in financial questions, in the court of Marie de' Medici. By the elegance of his language, he was among the major poets, writers and translators of 17th century French classicism. A fervent Catholic, he played an important role in the history of Jansenism and was one of the Solitaires of Port-Royal-des-Champs. He was also renowned for his part in the development of the pruning of fruit trees, to which he was devoted.

Youth (1589–1613)

Robert Arnauld was born in Paris, the eldest of the twenty children of lawyer Antoine Arnauld, procurator-general of Catherine de Médicis,[2] and his wife Catherine Marion. He was a member of a notable family, whose members included Jacqueline (the future Mother Angélique), Henri, who would be bishop of Angers, and the Sorbonne academic Antoine, called "le grand Arnauld".

The "Journée du Guichet"

La mère Angélique Arnauld. Portrait of Philippe de Champaigne

Entry into the conseil d'Etat

Nuncio Guido Bentivoglio, later Cardinal, by Van Dyck. Oil on canvas, now in the Palazzo Pitti

First retirement and return (1626–1644)

Ecce Homo, by Philippe de Champaigne. Oil on canvas.

Solitaire (1644–1653)

The Frondeur

The last battles (1653–1673)

Condemnation of Jansenism

Simon Arnauld de Pomponne (1618–1699), son of Robert Arnauld d'Andilly. portrait by Nicolas de Larmessin (between 1672 and 1679).

Works

In French

In Latin

Correspondence

See also

References

  1. Jean Lesaulnier et Anthony McKenna dir., Dictionnaire de Port-Royal, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2004, notice « Robert Arnauld d’Andilly », p. 108.
  2. Achille-Edmond Halphen, Journal inédit d’Arnauld d’Andilly (1614–1620), Techener, Paris, 1857, p. xvii (lire en ligne).

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