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Pierre Berchet
Peter Berchet (also Pierre Berchet; 1659 – 1 January 1720) was a French painter, resident in England from 1685. His main work was decorating the interior of houses of the nobility. Life Berchet was born in France in 1659. He studied under Charles de La Fosse, and at the age of eighteen obtained employment in the royal palaces. He came to England in 1681 to work with Jacob Rambour, a French painter of architecture, for Antonio Verrio at Windsor Castle, and afterwards returned to France. On paying a second visit to England he received a commission from William III of England, King William III to assist in the decoration of his new palace Het Loo Palace, Het Loo in the Netherlands, working for Daniel Marot, where he was occupied for fifteen months. After the revocation in 1685 of the Edict of Nantes, Berchet, who was a Huguenot, settled in England, where he found extensive occupation in the houses of the nobility. He painted the walls and ceiling of the staircase of Schomberg House, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De La Fosse
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
