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English: Jeux de paume ("tennis courts") in what is now the Luxembourg area of Paris, in particular showing the Jeu de Paume de Bécquet (also called Jeu de Paume de Bel-Air), which was the home of the Paris Opera from November 1672 until June 1673. The figure shows a 1615 enlargement of a section the 1609 Quesnel map of Paris (see File:Plan de Paris en 1609.jpg ).
Date and 1886
Source Nuitter, Charles; Thoinan, Ernest (1886). Les origines de l'Opéra français (in French). Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. After p. 130 at Google Books.
Author Unknown author Unknown author
François Quesnel (1542–1619) wikidata:Q3085635
François Quesnel
Alternative names
François Quesnel le vieux (the Elder)
Description French history painter, portrait painter and drawer
son of Pierre Quesnel
Date of birth/death 1542 / 1543 / 1545 1619 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Paris
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creator QS:P170,Q3085635

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