FAGE, RAIMOND DE LA, an excellent designer and engraver, highly esteemed by Carlo Maratti, was born at Toulouse in 1648. He applied himself to designing, through inclination, in spite of his parents; and had no master nor any assistance: but his superior talents supplied the want of them, and he became one of the best designers in Europe; his performances on li-
centious subjects are the most esteemed. It is reported of this artist, that he never made use of money, but contracted debts; and when the accounts were brought him, he made some design upon the back of the bills, and bid the owners sell the drawings to connoisseurs for the amount, by which they were generally great gainers. Several of those drawings are yet in the cabinets of the curious. He led a loose, depraved life; and his repeated debaucheries put an end to it at the age of 42.