Babette Cochois

Babette Cochois
Babette Cochois
	Cochois by Antoine Pesne
Born	1723
Died	1780
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Ballerina, writer
Spouse	Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens
Children	Barbe (daughter

Babette Cochois also known as Babet Cochois and Barbe Cochois (1723–1780) was a French ballerina and writer, active in Prussia.[1]

Her parentage is unknown. She was the sister of the ballerina Marianne Cochois and the second cousin of Marie Sallé.

She was engaged at the French Royal Court Theatre of Frederick the Great in Prussia between 1743 and 1749. She was considered a leading artist, and was given the rare privilege by the king to reside in Charlottenburg Palace. In 1743, when the Berlin Opera was inaugurated, she made her debut there.

In 1749 she married the French writer Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens. She retired as a ballerina, but became active as a writer.

She has been the subject of poems and a famous painting by Antoine Pesne.

Works

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'esprit et du cœur, 1744
Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'esprit et du coeur, 1745
Histoire de l'esprit et du coeur, 1755
Histoire de l'esprit humain, 1765

References

Kenyon, Ronald W. (2013-03-22). Monville: Forgotten Luminary of the French Enlightenment. Ronald W. Kenyon. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4811-4829-0. During one trip, in 1747, he met a beautiful German actress, Babette Cochois (1723- 1780) whom he married and with whom he had a daughter, Barbe.

Samlaren, : Tidskrift utgifven af Svenska litteratursällskapets arbetsutskott, Utgåva 79–82
Pierre Gaxotte, Frederick the Great
Gustav Berthold Volz, Der Grosse Konig
Barocktheater und barocke Kunst: die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Fest- und Theater-Dekoration in ihrem Verhältnis zur barocken Kunst
Johann Wilhelm Ludewig Gleim, Ausgewählte Werke
Gunilla Roempke (1994). Gunilla Roempke. red. Vristens makt – dansös i mätressernas tidevarv. Stockholm: Stockholm Fischer & company. ISBN 91-7054-734-3
Barbe (genannt Babet oder Babette) Cochois, spätere Marquise d’Argens (1723 oder 1725-1780)

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[1] Kenyon, Ronald W. (2013-03-22). Monville: Forgotten Luminary of the French Enlightenment. Ronald W. Kenyon. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-4811-4829-0. During one trip, in 1747, he met a beautiful German actress, Babette Cochois (1723- 1780) whom he married and with whom he had a daughter, Barbe.