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WATELET Claude Henri (1718-1786)

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Printed document with his signature, Paris 15 August 1778, 1 p.in-4. Receipt slip for a sum of four thousand livres issued by the Recette Générale des Finances of Orléans. Watelet, man of letters, painter, art critic, playwright, inherited from his father the office of Receiver General of Finances of the Generalitat of Orléans, which provided him with a considerable income and allowed him to indulge his passion for the arts.