A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Vigne, Anne de la
VIGNE, ANNE DE LA,
Was born in 1634, at Vernon, in Normandy. She was the daughter of one of the king's physicians, and was one of the most beautiful and intellectual persons of her time. Her extreme devotion to study brought on a disease of which she died, at Paris, in 1684. She belonged to the academy of the Ricovrati at Padua; and was the intimate friend of Mademoiselle de Scuderi and Marie Dapré. She was distinguished for her poetical talents, and her scientific attainments. Her ode, entitled "Monseigneur le Dauphin au Roi," obtained great reputation.