Georges de Selve (1508 – 12 April 1541) was a French scholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic.
Georges de Selve | |
|---|---|
 George de Selve in Hans Holbein the Younger's The Ambassadors. | |
| Bishop of Lavaur | |
| In office 1526–1540 | |
| Ambassador to Republic of Venice, Austria, the Pope, England, Germany and Spain | |
| In office April 1540 – 12 April 1541 | |
| Monarch | King Francis I of France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1508 |
| Died | April 12, 1541 (aged 32–33) |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Odet de Selve |
| Occupation | Scholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic |
Biography edit
He was the son of Jean de Selve, a jurist and Parlement president, and brother of Odet de Selve. Three other brothers served as diplomats.[1]
Georges de Selve was Bishop of Lavaur from 1526 (at age 18) to 1540. He was sent by King Francis I of France as ambassador to the Republic of Venice, Austria (in April 1540), to the Pope in Rome, to England, Germany and Spain.
He is the figure of the right in a picture by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, and Jean de Dinteville is the other one, which hangs in the National Gallery, London.[2] De Selve was just 25 when Holbein painted him and he is wearing the vestments of a clergyman, who represent the interests of the Catholic Church, since he had just been appointed Bishop of Lavaur in France.[3]
He wrote on theology, studied with and was a patron of Eli Levita from 1534,[4] and was commissioned by the king to make translations.
He died on 12 April 1541 at the age of 33 and is interred at Lavaur Cathedral.[5]
Bibliography edit
- Robert J. Kalas, The Selve Family of Limousin: Members of a New Elite in Early Modern France, The Sixteenth Century Journal, 18 (1987), 147-172
References edit
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- ^ "Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors')". National Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "George de Selve". Princeton Public Schools. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Laird, Gordon (15 August 1999). "Eli Levita, Sebastian Munster, Paul Fagius, David Kimhi". Glaird. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Georges de Selve - La bible". Lycée Louis Feuillade (in French). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2019.