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Charles de la Rue

1643-08-03 – 1725-05-27

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TitleCharles de la RueContributorde La Rue, Charles, S.J. (1643-1725) (depicted)Desrochers, Étienne Jehandier (French engraver and publisher, 1668-1741) (artist) (graphic artist)Gacon (artist) (writer of the poem)Dates.dPublisher(1680-1900)GenrePortraitsExtentvoorstelling: 140 x 98 mm plaatrand: 217 x 167 mm.GraphicBlack-and-white ;LanguageLatinIs Part OfGalerie illustrée de la Compagnie de Jésus : album de 400 portraits choisis parmi les plus beaux, les plus rares ou les plus importants, et reproduits en héliogravure /Typographical detailsetching(s)engraving(s)Additional infoInscriptions: Charles de la Rue / Jesuiste celebre predicateur / né a Paris l'an 1643 (in de voorstelling: onderaan, centraal)Inscriptions: Gravé par E. Desrochers rüe du Foin près la rüe St. Jacques a Paris (in de voorstelling: onderaan, centraal)Inscriptions: Ce Sublime Orateur qui scut se signaler / Dans l'Eloquence et la grammaire / Nous ayant montré l'art de noblement parler / Nous instruit en l'art de bien faire / Gacon (in de voorstelling: onderaan, centraal)SourceLibrary CatalogSource IDlbsn9983865350101471Credit: Desrochers, Étienne Jehandier (French engraver and publisher, 1668-1741) (artist) (graphic artist)

Life & Legacy

Charles de La Rue (3 August 1643, in Paris – 27 May 1725, in Paris), known in Latin as Carolus Ruaeus, was one of the great orators of the Society of Jesus in France in the seventeenth century.

Occupation & Career

poet, playwright, preacher, teacher, writer

Faith & Community

Catholicism

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Church

Catholicism

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  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1238942 — wikidata View source

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