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Louis LÈopold Boilly, artist
French, 1761 - 1845
Diane et MÈdor, 1829
lithograph
21.4 x 24 cm
Museum Purchase, Anonymous gift in honor of Robert Johnson, gift of Frank Hill, and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund 1998.22

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Artist Biography: Portrait and genre painter whose work illustrated everyday life during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Sensitive command of media, color, and composition. Boilly's only teacher was his father, Arnould Boilly, a wood-carver. Boilly came to Paris for the first time in 1785, and remained there permanently. He is said to have painted over 5000 portraits, besides other works.~~~PT ENG LITH; ; M-9

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