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Born November 25, 1763 • Paris • France
Died February 13, 1788 (aged 24) • Rome • Italy
Movement / Style Neoclassical art
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Self-portrait
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter
Jean-Baptiste Debret
French artist
Nicolas-Antoine Taunay
French artist
François Gérard: Entry of Henry IV into the City of Paris, 22 March 1594
François Gérard
French painter
“The Two Sisters,” oil painting by Théodore Chassériau, 1843; in the Louvre, Paris
Théodore Chassériau
French painter
Benjamin West
Benjamin West
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Self-portrait, painting on canvas by Angelica Kauffmann; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Angelica Kauffmann
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Landing of Columbus
John Vanderlyn
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Mengs, Anton Raphael: Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano
Anton Raphael Mengs
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Asmus Jacob Carstens
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani: Angelica and Medoro
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Italian painter
Gavin Hamilton
Scottish artist
Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo: Susannah and the Elders
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Abildgaard, Nicolai: The Midwife Taking Leave of the Girl from Andros
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