Pluvinel, Antoine

, a gentleman of Dauphiny, is recorded as the first who opened a school for riding the manege in France, which, till then, could be learned only in Italy. He flourished in the reign of Henry IV. who made him his chief master of the horse, and his chamberlain; besides which, he sent him as an ambassador into Holland. He died at Paris in 1620, having prepared a work, which was published five years after, entitled “L'Art de monter a Cheval,” folio, with plates. The figures are portraits, by Crispin de Pas. ²

Moreri. —Dict. Hist.

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