Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson de Pezay

Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson de Pezay

Pezay, wearing a dragoon uniform (center), with Dorat on the left.[1]
Born 27 April 1741
Versailles
Died 6 December 1777(1777-12-06) (aged 36)
Château de Pezay
Occupation Soldier
Courtesan
Man of letters

Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis[2] de Pezay, (27 April 1741 – 6 December 1777) was an 18th-century French soldier, courtesan and man of letters.[3]

Portrait of marquess de Pezay, née Caroline de Murat, and marquess de Rougé with her two children (Vigée-Lebrun).

Works

A selection of his Œuvres was published (Liège, 1791, 2 vol. in-12), preceded by a historical and literary note. Masson de Pezay also contributed articles to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D’Alembert.

References

  1. Frontispice de Le Pot-Pourri, épître à qui l'on voudra, de Dorat, suivi de l'Epître à mon ami, de Pezay, Genève et Paris, S. Jorry, 1764.
  2. If we are to believe La Harpe, his classmate who would never forgive him for his rapid fortune, he was not even a gentleman, though he called himself "Marquis".
  3. Bibliothèque Dauphinoise. Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis de Pezay, en ligne

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