Pierre de Quiqueran de Beaujeu, writer and illustrious character of the Arlesian nobility on the XVIe century, praised enthusiastically Arles and Provence in his writings set in three volumes: Petri Quiquerani Bellojocani, episcopi Senecensis de laudibus Provinciae, libri tres. He wrote about the fauna and the flora, the gastronomy, the geography, the customs and habits of the region.
When describing the Camargaise ferrade (bull branding), Pierre de Quiquéran de Beaujeu makes for the first a reference to the history of bulls in Camargue. This diptych which represents the two Arlesian elements that pertain to its floklore, its gastronomy and to its landscapes – the olive and the Camargue bull – claims to be an evocation of the praise to the Pays d’Arles made in the XVIe century.