Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire
Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire | |
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| Born | 1624 |
| Died | 1702 |
| Occupation(s) | Parliamentarian, poet |
Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire (1624-1702) was a French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet. He wrote Marian poetry and built a chapel in Toulouse.
Early life
[edit]Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire was born in 1624.[1] His father was a parliamentarian.[1]
Career
[edit]Vendages de Malapeire was a courtier to the King of France.[1] He was a member of the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals.[1] In 1688, he co-founded the Société des Belles-Lettres de Toulouse with Adrian Martel, a lawyer.[1] The society was discontinued in 1699.[1]
Vendages de Malapeire wrote Christian poetry about the Virgin Mary.[1] In 1671, he patronized the construction of the Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel chapel in Toulouse.[1][2] It was dedicated in 1678.[1] He authored a description of the chapel in 1692, including the paintings he had commissioned for it.[3]
Death and legacy
[edit]Vendages de Malapeire died in 1702.[1] His chapel was destroyed in 1806.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Trouvé, Stéphanie (2006). "Les écrits de Molinier, Pader et Vendages de Malapeire et la peinture à Toulouse au XVIIe siècle". Dix-septième Siècle (in French). 1 (230): 101–115. doi:10.3917/dss.061.0101. ISBN 9782130555209.
- ^ Héritage de l'antique: Delphes. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail. 2002. p. 76. ISBN 9782858165582. OCLC 492344682.
- ^ "Description de la chapelle de Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Par Mr. Malapeire". University of Toulouse. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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