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Also Known As Laurent de La Hire
Born February 27, 1606 • Paris • France
Died December 28, 1656 (aged 50) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen, oil on canvas by Simon Vouet, c. 1627; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 101.6 × 78.74 cm.
Simon Vouet
French painter
Charles-Antoine Coypel: Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida
Antoine Coypel
French artist
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Pierre Mignard
French painter
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Charles de La Fosse
French artist
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Gaspard Dughet
French painter
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Eustache Le Sueur
French painter
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Noël Coypel
French artist
Recreation, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1635.
Abraham Bosse
French artist
Rigaud, Hyacinthe: Louis XV as a Child
Hyacinthe Rigaud
French painter
Jean Jouvenet: The Raising of Lazarus
Jean Jouvenet
French painter
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith with Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian painter
Cuyp, Aelbert: The Maas at Dordecht
Aelbert Cuyp
Dutch painter
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: Grape and Melon Eaters
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Spanish painter
Champaigne, Philippe de: The Dream of Saint Joseph
Philippe de Champaigne
Flemish-born painter
Frans Snyders: Interior of an Office
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter
Neer, Aert van der: View of the River in Winter
Aert van der Neer
Dutch painter

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