French banker, founder of Banque Meuricoffre & Cie. at Naples in 1760.
- Mozart Relevance
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It is possible the Mozarts first met Meuricoffre during their stay in Lyon in 1766. Even before visiting Vesuvius, Leopold Mozart had received from Meuricoffre a collection of Vesuvius lava, as he wrote from Naples on 9 June 1770:
- [I] have also received from Herr Meuricoffre a
fine collection of Vesuvius lava - not the kind of lava that anyone can easily
get hold of, but choice pieces with a description of the minerals that they
contain and that are rare and hard to come by.
- [I] have also received from Herr Meuricoffre a
fine collection of Vesuvius lava - not the kind of lava that anyone can easily
get hold of, but choice pieces with a description of the minerals that they
contain and that are rare and hard to come by.
- Category/Role
- Banker
- Date 1
- 1740, Lyon
- Date 2
- 1816, Naples
- Date (Mozart)
- 1770
- Location (Mozart)
- Naples
- Bibliographic Reference
- Basso 2006, 611
Pages referencing Meuricoffre, Frédéric Robert (1740-1816):
Souvenirs purchased or acquired by the Mozarts that are lost