 He is first mentioned (by Le Gallois) in 1680, and at about that time became a chamber musician to Louis XIV, in which capacity he often performed at court.In 1709 he was appointed as a singer in the royal chamber, and in 1719 he was named 'Guitar Master of the King' ("Maître de Guitare du Roi") to Louis XV, the ten-year-old great-grandson of Louis XIV who succeeded to the throne in 1715.Jean Rousseau reported in a letter of 1688 that Visée was a respected musician at Versailles, and also played the viol .