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Facts

Born December 21, 1815 • Senlis • France
Died March 30, 1879 (aged 63) • France

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Jules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, pastel, 1775; in the Louvre, Paris.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
French painter
The Broken Pitcher, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1772–73; in the Louvre, Paris. 108 × 86 cm.
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
French painter
James Tissot: Saint Jude
James Tissot
French artist
Self-portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas, 1795; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Lille, France.
Louis-Léopold Boilly
French painter
The Lion Hunt, oil on canvas by Jean-François de Troy, 1735; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 60 × 40.64 cm.
Jean-François de Troy
French painter
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
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Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
George Caleb Bingham: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
American painter
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Gerard Terborch
Dutch painter
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Lilly Martin Spencer
American painter
Fabritius, Carel: Self-Portrait
Carel Fabritius
Dutch painter
Sir David Wilkie.
Sir David Wilkie
British painter
Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
Gerrit Dou
Dutch painter
Zuloaga, Ignacio
Ignacio Zuloaga
Spanish painter
Portrait of an Old Woman, etching on wove paper by Wilhelm Leibl, c. 1865; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 20.95 × 15.87 cm.
Wilhelm Leibl
German painter
Judith Leyster: Self-Portrait
Judith Leyster
Dutch painter

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