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Olivier Journu (1724–1764)  1756

by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Perronneau, trained as a painter, pastelist, and engraver, entered the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1753. By that time he was already admired as a colorist and had exhibited widely, but he seems to have discovered that he could not compete with Maurice Quentin de La Tour for aristocratic or royal clients and for the most part sought work outside the capit...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art