Lambert Darchis (baptised 31 July 1625; died 25 February 1699) was an arts patron from
Liège. He is also thought to have been an ecclesiastic, but according to some sources his ordination has never been confirmed.
Life
Son of Jacques Darchis and Marguerite Froidmont, he was baptised in the church of Notre-Dame aux Fonts in
Liège. From 1646 to his death he worked in Rome for the
Roman Curia. His will was proven on 22 October 1696 and funded the creation of the 'fondation Lambert-Darchis', which granted travel bursaries to young artists, art restorers, art historians, engravers, composers and would-be
ecclesiologists who had been born or were living in Liège or the
surrounding diocese. The foundation still exists.[1]
A. Micha, « La fondation Darchis », Bulletin de l'institut archéologique liégeois, Liège, t. XL, 1910, p. 99-115 (ISSN 0776-1260)
Jean Puraye, La Fondation Lambert-Darchis à Rome, Liège, Fondation Lambert Darchis, 1993, 424 p.
Jean Puraye, « Pierre-Joseph Antoine, boursier Darchis. », Bulletin de la société royale Le Vieux-Liège, t. XII, no 262, 1993, p. 441-451 (ISSN 0776-1309)