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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758 - 1823)

• Was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman.
• He is best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits such as Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons, 1796.
• His work for wealthy Parisians led him to be held in high esteem at Napoleon's court.
• Notably, he painted a portrait of each of Napoleon's two wives.
• The young Théodore Géricault had painted copies of work by Prud'hon, whose "thunderously tragic pictures" include his masterpiece.
• The displayed painting is: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Self-portrait, 1788-1790.
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