NettetMARIE Therese Rodet GEOFFRIN (1699-1777), a Frenchwoman who played an interesting part iii French literary and artistic life, was born in Paris in 1699. She married, on the 9th of July 1713, Pierre Francois Geoffrin, a rich manufacturer and lieutenant-colonel of the National Guard, who died in 1750. It was not till Mme Geoffrin was … NettetMadame Geoffrin was a wealthy businesswoman, socialite and noted patron of the arts. She is seated in the front row, third from the right, surrounded by many of the great …

On this day… was born Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin

NettetThe salonnière held the power to select which guests would be invited, but she held no formal position or power in French society. Despite their role in the public sphere of … Nettet— Young people Membership Toggle Membership submenu. Back to previous menu — Membership ... Siècle de Louis XV, une soirée chez Madame Geoffrin, (en 1755) … git checkout new branch based on master

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NettetBy 1777, her daughter, Mme Fert é -Imbault, had zealously insulated Geoffrin, who was suffering from erysipelas, a skin disorder, from her indebted following. Fert é -Imbault viewed this intellectual coterie as nothing more than a group of depraved infidels. NettetMadame Geoffrin's popularity in the mid-eighteenth century came during a time where the center of social life was beginning to move away from the French court and toward the salons of Paris. Instead of the earlier, … NettetObject: Object: Siècle de Louis XV, une soirée chez Madame Geoffrin, (en 1755) Description Authors, philosophers, artists attending a salon held in an interior decorated with paintings and a bust of Voltaire, and listening to Le Kain sitting at a table and reading Voltaire's 'L'Orphelin de la Chine'. c.1821 Aquatint Producer name git checkout new branch from main