Hygin-Auguste Cavé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hygin-Auguste Cavé

attorney, journalist, government official, amateur playwright

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1769

Place of Birth: Doudeville, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1852

Profession: lawyer, playwright, official, journalist, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hygin-Edmond-Ludovic-Auguste Cavé (8 October 1796 – 30 March 1852) was a French attorney, journalist, and government official, as well as an occasional playwright and librettist, who often collaborated with Adolphe Dittmer under the pseudonym Jacques François de Fongeray. He is also sometimes referred to as Edmond Cavé.
He is perhaps best known as the subject of a portrait by the French artist Ingres, which is on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.



Alternative names	Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres; Dominique Ingres; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; Ingres
Description	French painter, politician and violinist
Date of birth/death	29 August 1780	14 January 1867
Location of birth/death	Montauban	Paris
Authority control	: Q23380 VIAF: 76327826 ISNI: 0000 0001 2140 0757 ULAN: 500028037 LCCN: n81047807 NLA: 35222301 WorldCat