Jean van Sevender elephants in France

Jean van Sevender
Type	private

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Address	Faubourg Saint-Germain
Place	Paris
Country	France

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History of updates	2020-10-06

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Jean van Sevender elephants, located at Faubourg Saint-Germain, in Paris, France .

Comments / picturesJean (or more likely Jan or Johan) van Sevender was a Dutch-bornpurveyer of linen who lived in the Faubourg Saint-Germain in Paris. On 21 January 1627, he signed a contract with the duc de Chevreuse, according to which he agreed to pay a sum of money up front in return for the fees earnedby exhibiting the dukes elephant to the public.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Jean van Sevender, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2985. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.academia.edu/34937027/Poussins_Elephant

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