Artist

de Sade

Portrait of de Sade
Portrait of de Sade

1740–1814

de Sade was an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. Some of these were published under his own name during his lifetime, but most appeared anonymously or posthumously.

Works by de Sade

Collections represented

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