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See also: born at See also: Montpellier on the 18th of See also: June 1716
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Protected by Comte de See also: Caylus, he entered at an early age the studio of Natoire, and obtained the See also: grand prix in 1745
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He used his See also: time at See also: Rome in applying to the study of nature and the development of his own See also: powers all that he gleaned from the masterpieces around him; but his tendencies were so See also: foreign to the reigning taste that on his return to See also: Paris he owed his See also: admission to the See also: academy for his picture " See also: Daedalus and Icarus " (Louvre) solely to the indignant protests of Boucher
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When in 1776, at the height of his established reputation, he became director of the school of See also: France at Rome, he took See also: David with him amongst his pupils
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After his return, five years later, his fortunes were wrecked by the Revolution; but he undauntedly set to See also: work, and at the age of eighty (1796) carried off the prize in an open See also: government competition
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See also: Bonaparte acknowledged his merit by making him a senator
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He died at Paris on the 27th of See also: March 1809, leaving behind him several brilliant pupils, amongst whom were Vincent,
See also: Regnault, Suvee, Menageot, Taillasson and others of high merit; nor should the name of his wife, See also: Marie Therese Reboul (1728-1805), herself a member of the academy, be omitted from this See also: list
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Their son, Marie See also: Joseph, born in 1761, also distinguished himself as a painter
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