Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc
Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc (1707–1781, Paris) was a French art critic and one of the Parisian literati. Through his patron Mme de Pompadour, he was appointed historiographer of the Bâtiments du Roi, the defender of state expenditures and official French policy in the arts, and was also an advocate before the Parlement of Paris.
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