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BOULANGER, the name of several French artists:—JEAN (16o6-166o), a pupil of Guido Reni at Bologna, who had an academy at Modena; his cousin JEAN (1607-168o), a celebrated line-engraver; the latter's son MATTHIFU, another engraver; Louis (1806-1867), a subject-painter, the friend of Victor Hugo, and director of the imperial school of art at Dijon; the best-known, GUSTAVE RODOLPHE CLARENCE (1824-1888), a pupil of Paul Delaroche, a notable painter of Oriental and Greek and Roman subjects, and a member of the Institute (1882); and CLEMENT (1805-1842), a pupil of Ingres.