French poet and member of the Pléiade, was born at Venice in 1532. He was the natural son of the scholar Lazare de Ball, who was at that time French ambassador at Venice. Thanks, perhaps, to the surroundings of his childhood, he grew up an enthusiast for the fine arts, and surpassed in zeal all the leaders of the Renaissance in France. His father spared no pains to secure the best possible education for his son.
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