Attributed to Jacques Joseph AVED (1702 - 1766) Portrait of François-Marie Dionis du Séjour (1693-1747) Canvas 130 x 98 cm (Old restorations) Son of François-Jean Dionis (1664-1738), secretary to the king in the grand chancellery (1719), François-Marie Dionis du Séjour was an equerry and then a king's counselor. In 1739, he received from his father the office of secretary of the king and his finances and became general treasurer and payer of the rents assigned on the aids and gabelles.