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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