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2 unusual facts about Petitot


Jacques Auguste de Thou

As to the Mémoires they had already been translated by Le Petit and Des Ifs (1711); in this form they have been reprinted in the collections of Petitot, Michaud and Buchon.

Petitot

Petitot River, in northern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, named in honor of Émile Petitot


Jean Petitot

In Pierpont Morgan's collection there were many fine examples, including three drawings on paper, the only three which appear to have survived, and the large signed miniature of the duchess of Richmond already mentioned, the largest work Petitot ever did except one Chatsworth House.

Jean-Étienne Liotard

Liotard was born at Geneva and began his studies under Professors Gardelle and Petitot, whose enamels and miniatures he copied with considerable skill.


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