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See also:GABRIEL See also:FRANCOIS See also:DOYEN (1726-1806)
, See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Paris in 1726
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His See also:passion for See also:art prevailed over his See also:father's wish, and he became in his twelfth See also:year a See also:pupil of See also:Vanloo
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Making rapid progress, he obtained at twenty the See also:Grand Prix, and in 1748 set out for See also:Rome
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He studied the See also:works of Annibale See also:Caracci, See also:Cortona, Giulio Romano and See also:Michelangelo, then visited See also:Naples, See also:Venice, See also:Bologna and other See also:Italian cities, and in 1755 returned to Paris
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At first unappreciated and disparaged, he resolved by one grand effort to conquer a reputation, and in 1758 he exhibited his " See also:Death of See also:Virginia." It was completely successful, and procured him See also:admission to the See also:Academy
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Among his greatest works are reckoned the " See also:Miracle See also:des Ardents," painted for the See also: |
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