Jean-François Marmontel
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Jean-François Marmontel was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.
Portrait by Alexander Roslin (1767)
André Grétry
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André Ernest Modeste Grétry was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques. His music
Jean-François Marmontel
…1766: La Bergère des Alpes 1768: Le Huron, opera comique, music by André Grétry 1769: Lucile, opéra comique, music by André Grétry…
Portrait by Vigée Le Brun, 1785
Plaque in memory of André Grétry, 29-31 Grand Rue, Geneva.
Grétry wearing his medal from the Légion d'honneur
Statue of Grétry (1804–08), marble, by Jean-Baptiste Stouf (1742–1826), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York