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Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté (1727 - 1794)

He was a connoisseur of art and an administrator (an Intendant and from 1763 the sole Intendant) of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, the organization in the royal household that was responsible for the presentation of fêtes and ceremonies, weddings and funerals, at the court of France, beginning with his appointment in 1756.