[Born at Chartres, in France, 1619. Died in Paris, 1695. Aged 76.]
Held various appointments in connexion with art. Amongst others, those
of Historiographer to the King, and Secretary to the Academy of
Architecture. His best known work is “Lives of Ancient and Modern
Painters,” which is translated into English. Grave and serious in
character, but, right-minded and good-hearted, he preferred virtue to
the favours of fortune.