Caroline de Valory
Caroline de Valory, née D'Ette (born 1790) was a French painter and engraver. • Illustration — The Miniature She was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Greuze and married the writer Count Henri de Valory, known for his documentation of the order of St. John (he was a knight of the order) and his military history of Henry IV. Her husband illustrated his books with engravings, and some assume these were by her hand. Caroline also wrote plays and is known for Céline de Saint-Albe, and Lisady de Rainville (3 volumes, 1814).
Also recorded as Caroline D'Ette · Caroline de Valori · Miss Caroline d'Ette · Caroline De Valory
Caroline de Valory
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- Name
- Caroline de Valory
- Born
- 1790
- Died
- Unknown
- Full name
- Anne Caroline Trochon.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · playwright
- Teachers
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze
- Languages
- French
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Caroline de Valory, née D'Ette (born 1790) was a French painter and engraver. • Illustration — The Miniature She was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Greuze and married the writer Count Henri de Valory, known for his documentation of the order of St. John (he was a knight of the order) and his military history of Henry IV. Her husband illustrated his books with engravings, and some assume these were by her hand. Caroline also wrote plays and is known for Céline de Saint-Albe, and Lisady de Rainville (3 volumes, 1814).
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She worked with the writer Alexandre Louis Bertrand Robineau, called Beaunoir, most notably on L'Accordée de village, a one-act comedy surrounding the 6 moralistic paintings by her former teacher Greuze that he presented at the Paris Salon of 1761, making a sensation with the one called L'Accordée de Village, that became popular in print and gave its name to the play. Her painting The Miniature, in the Glasgow Gallery, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.
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• Name — Caroline de Valory • Born — 1790 • Died — Unknown
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Caroline D'Ette, Caroline de Valori, Miss Caroline d'Ette and Caroline De Valory. Her recorded language was French. She married Henri Zozime de Valori. One child is recorded: Henry de Valori.
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1789
Caroline de Valory born at Paris.
1875
Caroline de Valory died at Châteaurenard.
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- 1.Parfois orthographié Valori.
- 2.Archives de Paris, fichier de l'état civil reconstitué, vue 7 / 51 .
- 3.Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, acte de décès dressé à Châteaurenard le 16/01/1875, vue 4 / 45.
- 4.Greuze; ou, L'accordée de village. Fages. 1813.
- 5.BnF, FRBNF38653302.
- 6.Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905.
- 7.Biographie nouvelle des contemporains ou Dictionnaire historique et raisonné de tous les hommes qui, depuis la Révolution française, 1820-1825.
- 8.C. de Beaulieu, Les Grands Artistes du , peintres, sculpteurs, musiciens, 1887( sur Gallica).
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Caroline de Valory is recorded as painter, printmaker and playwright. Recorded at birth as Anne Caroline Trochon.
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