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Facts

Born 1661 • France
Died April 20, 1743 (aged 82) • Paris • France

Photos

Alexandre-François Desportes: Landscape with a Dog and Partridges
Oil painting by Alexandre-Francois Desportes showing a still life with plucked game birds, a rack of meat, pears, and a basket of oranges arranged on a table.
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François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
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The Lion Hunt, oil on canvas by Jean-François de Troy, 1735; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 60 × 40.64 cm.
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Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
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Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Bourdon, Sébastien: Bacchus Comforting the Abandoned Ariadne
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