Maurice Sand

Maurice Sand
Maurice Sand in the 1880s
Born	Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant (1823-06-30)30 June 1823 Paris, France
Died	4 September 1889(1889-09-04) (aged 66) Nohant-Vic, France
Other names	Baron Dudevant
Occupation(s)	Writer and artist
Spouse	Lina Calamatta
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Casimir Dudevant (father) George Sand (mother)

Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant but better known by the pseudonym Maurice Sand (30 June 1823 – 4 September 1889), was a French writer, artist and entomologist.^[1] He studied art under Eugène Delacroix and also experimented in various other subjects, including geology and biology.

He was the elder child and only son of George Sand, a French novelist and feminist, and her husband, Baron François Casimir Dudevant. In addition to his numerous novels, he is best remembered for his monumental study of commedia dell'arte – Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne), 1860.^[2]