"Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton", by Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Élisabeth Ferrand (1700 - 3 September 1752) was a French salon-holder and philosopher.

A portrait of her by Maurice Quentin de La Tour with the title "Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton" is held in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.[1]

In 1749 Ferrand, along with her friends the Princesse de Talmont and the Comtesse de Vasse, helped Prince Charles Edward Stuart to hide in Paris, sheltering him in a convent and in their homes.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jeffares, Neil (27 August 2016). "La Tour, Mlle Ferrand méditant sur Newton" (PDF). www.pastellists.com. Retrieved 4 January 2017. A nine-page article giving much biographical information about Ferrand
  2. ↑ Pittock, Murray G. H. (2004). "Charles Edward (1720–1788)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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