Amaury Duval (1760-1838)

Charles-Alexandre-Amaury Pineux, known as Amaury Duval (28 January 1760 in Rennes – 12 November 1838 in Paris) was a French lawyer, historian, diplomat, writer and scholar. His brother was the playwright Alexandre Duval and one of his two sons was the painter Amaury Duval (1808-1885).

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