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Élisabeth Ferrand (1700 - 3 September 1752) was a French salon-holder and philosopher.
A portrait of her by
Élisabeth Ferrand (1700 - 3 September 1752) was a French salon-holder and philosopher.
A portrait of her by Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Maurice Quentin de La Tour (; 5 September 1704 – 17 February 1788) was a French painter who worked primarily with pastels in the Rococo style. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and the Madame de Pompadour.
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with the title "Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton" is held in the Alte Pinakothek
The Alte Pinakothek (, ''Old Pinakothek'') is an art museum located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany. It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of Old Master paintings. The name Alte (Old) Pin ...
, Munich. ''A nine-page article giving much biographical information about Ferrand''
In 1749 Ferrand, along with her friends the Princesse de Talmont and the Comtesse de Vasse, helped Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, ...
to hide in Paris, sheltering him in a convent and in their homes.
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1700 births 1752 deaths 18th-century French philosophers French women philosophers French salon-holders {{France-philosopher-stub