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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
LE NAUFRAGE DE VIRGINIE
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A Rococo artist whose career spanned many political changes in France
including the French Revolution, the Empire of Napolean and the Bourban
Restoration, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon painted for more than 40 years.
He was especially noted for his depictions of female figures and of
"huge, amorous allegories" (Stern), which have become prime examples of
Rococo era art. Emperor Napolean gave public endorsement of
Prud'hon by commissioning him to do portraits of the Empress Josephine
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