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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MILLET (or MILE), See also:JEAN See also:FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)  , commonly called FRANCISQIJE, was See also:born at See also:Antwerp about 1642, and is generally classed amongst the painters of See also:Flanders on See also:account of the See also:accident of his See also:birth . But his See also:father was a Frenchman, a See also:turner in See also:ivory of See also:Dijon, who took service with the See also:prince of See also:Conde and probably returned after a See also:time to his native See also:country . He remained See also:long enough in Antwerp to apprentice his son to an obscure member of a painter See also:family called See also:Laurent, See also:pupil of See also:Gabriel See also:Franck . With Laurent, Francisque See also:left Antwerp for See also:Paris, and there settled in 166o after marrying his See also:master's daughter . He was received a member of the See also:Academy of See also:Painting at Paris in 1673, and after gaining See also:consideration as an imitator of the Poussins he died in 1679, bequeathing his See also:art and some of his talents to one of his sons . Francisque probably knew, as well as imitated, See also:Nicolas Poussin, Gaspar Dughet and See also:Sebastian See also:Bourdon; and it is doubtless because of his acquaintance with these travelled artists that, being himself without familiarity with the classic lands of See also:Italy and See also:Greece, he was able to imagine and reproduce See also:Italian and Arcadian scenery with considerable See also:grace and effectiveness . It is indeed surprising to observe, even at this See also:day how skilfully he executed these imaginary subjects, enlivened them with appropriate figures, and See also:shed over them the glow of a warm yet fresh and sparkling See also:tone . Twelve of his most important landscapes, which remained in the See also:palace of the Tuileries, were destroyed by See also:fire; and though many of his pieces may still be found catalogued in See also:Continental and See also:English collections, others in See also:great number remain unknown and unacknowledged . His son See also:JEAN See also:FRANCOIS See also:MILLET, the younger (1666–1723), also called Francisque, was born in Paris, and was made a member of the Academy of Painting in 1709 . He is not quite so See also:independent in his art as his father; but he had See also:clever See also:friends, and when he wanted figures to his landscapes, he consulted See also:Watteau., and other followers of the " See also:court shepherdess" school . In the museum of See also:Grenoble is a " Paysage " by him which is prettily adorned with Watteau's figures .

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