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Born July 5, 1761 • France
Died January 4, 1845 (aged 83) • Paris • France

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Self-portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas, 1795; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Lille, France.
Boilly, Louis-Léopold: Gathering of Artists in the Studio of Isabey
Boilly, Louis-Léopold: The Arrival of the Stagecoach
François-Adrien Boieldieu
Daunou, portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly
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