Background
Born at Beauvais, he was a descendant of the counts of Namur, and in his youth served as an officer in a regiment of cavalry.
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Born at Beauvais, he was a descendant of the counts of Namur, and in his youth served as an officer in a regiment of cavalry.
In 1777 he visited England, Germany and the Dutch Republic. And in the following year he travelled through Italy, with the view of exploring thoroughly the remains of ancient art He afterwards settled at Rome, and devoted himself to preparing the results of his researches for publication.
He died in 1814, leaving the work, which was being issued in parts, unfinished.
But it was carried on by M. Gence, and published complete under the title L"Histoire de l"Art par les monuments, depuis sa décadence au quatrième siècle jusqu"à son renouvellement au seizième (6 vols fol with 325 plates, Paris, 1823). In the year of his death Doctorate"Agincourt published in Paris a Recueil de fragments de sculpture antique, en terre cuite.