# Florent le Comte

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{{Short description|French writer and engraver (1655–1712)}}
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thumb|right|"Cabinet des singularitez d’architecture, peinture, sculpture, et graveure", 1699
'''Florent le Comte''' (1655–1712), was a French writer and engraver.

He wrote a comprehensive book about art ''Cabinet des singularitez'' which the historian [Arnold Houbraken](/source/Arnold_Houbraken) used as a source for Dutch painters active in France, along with similar books on artists by [Roger de Piles](/source/Roger_de_Piles) and [André Felibien](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Felibien).<ref name=Houbraken>{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0006.php Florent le Comte as source] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [Arnold Houbraken](/source/Arnold_Houbraken), courtesy of the [Digital library for Dutch literature](/source/Digital_library_for_Dutch_literature)</ref> Though Houbraken quotes the French title, in his biographical sketch of [Romeyn de Hooghe](/source/Romeyn_de_Hooghe) he includes a long citation in Dutch from the Dutch translation.<ref name=Houbraken/>

According to the RKD his ''Cabinet des singularitez'' written in 1699 was translated into Dutch in 1708.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/424018 Florent le Comte] in the [RKD](/source/RKD)</ref> Though he called himself a painter and sculptor, no works are known.<ref name=RKD/>
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==References==
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=4t5OAQAAIAAJ Cabinet des singularitez d'architecture, peinture, sculpture], Tome Troisieme, by Florent Lecomte, Lambert Marchant, Brussels, 1702
* [https://archive.org/details/hetkonstcabinetd02leco Het konst-cabinet der bouw-, schilder-, beeldhouw- en graveerkunde, of, Inleiding tot de kennis dier fraaije weetenschappen, vervat in de schilderyen, stand-beelden en prenten: behelzende, behalven een beknopte leevensbeschryving der aloude schilders en beeldhouwers, bennevens de catalogi hunner werken : verrykt met een verhandeling over het glas-schilderen, een vertoog over het etzen, en wat tot het leeren en oeffenen dier kundigheid vereist word en andere weetenswaardige zaaken], by Florent Le Comte, Frans de Bakker, C. V. Swinderen, Arnoldus Lobedanius, 1744, on [archive.org](/source/archive.org)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=-dQ9AAAAcAAJ Het konst-cabinet der bouw- schilder- beeldhouw- en graveerkunde], Volume II, by Florentyn le Comte, Dordrecht, 1761, on [Google books](/source/Google_books)

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Category:French male non-fiction writers
Category:18th-century French engravers
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