Pierre Lyonnet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Lyonnet

Dutch artist and scientist

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1708

Place of Birth: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1789

Profession: zoologist, entomologist, anatomist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pierre Lyonnet or Lyonet (21 July 1706 – 10 January 1789) was an artist and engraver who became a naturalist.
He was a collector both of shells (a major collecting craze at the time) and paintings, whose collection included Woman Reading a Letter by Vermeer, now in the Rijksmuseum.
This fetched far less than his best shells in the auctions of his collection after his death.