Babette Cochois
Babette Cochois
Babette (Barbe and Babet) Cochois (1723–1780) was a French writer and ballerina active in Prussia.[1]
She was the sister of the ballerina . She was engaged at the French court theatre and opera of Frederick the Great in Prussia in 1743-49, where she was considered a leading artist of that stage and was given the privilege to reside in Charlottenburg Palace.
In 1749 she married the French writer Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens and became active as a writer.
She has been the subject of poems and a famous painting by Antoine Pesne.
References[]
- ^ Kenyon, Ronald W. (2013-03-22). Monville: Forgotten Luminary of the French Enlightenment. Ronald W. Kenyon. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4811-4829-0.
During one trip, in 1747, he met a beautiful German actress, Babette Cochois (1723- 1780) whom he married and with whom he had a daughter, Barbe.
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Categories:
- 1725 births
- 1780 deaths
- 18th-century French ballet dancers
- 18th-century French writers