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Jean Ballesdens

Also known as: Jean Ballesdens; primary name: Ballesdens, Jean; other name: Balesdens, Jean
Details: individual; legal; author/poet; French; Male
Life dates: 1595-1675
Biography: Lawyer, member of the Académie Française (1648), secretary to Chancellor Pierre Séguier (q.v); translated Aesop's Fables and wrote several religious books.
Bibliography: M.Préaud, 'Les dédicataires d'estampes', in 'L'age d'or du mécénat 1598-1661', CNRS 1985, pp.375-81, with list of 9 prints dedicated to him (offprint in P&D)

Museum number: 1874,0808.2082 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent de la HyrePublished by:René Guérineau |
Production date: 1639