Literary Works
- La Vie des Peintres Flamands, 4 volumes (I 1753, II 1754, III, 1760, IV 1764)
- Le Voyage Pittoresque (1769)
Through these works he renewed the interest in the Old Flemish masters, especially Hans Memling and Jan van Eyck. They also had the adverse effect of being used by the French Revolutionary Army, after their invasion of Flanders in 1790, to requisition the best paintings for transport to the Musée Central des Arts in the Louvre, Paris.
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