Michel François Dandré-Bardon (1700–1783)

• Was a French history painter and etcher.
• He was born in Aix-en-Provence, France.
• He signed his name Dandré-Bardon, or D. Bardon.
• In 1719, he began to design under the direction of Jean-Baptiste van Loo, and studied painting with J. F. de Troy.
• In 1725 he obtained the second prize at the Royal Academy.
• He went afterwards to Rome, and after being there six years he returned to France.
• He went to Paris, where he displayed his talents, as a painter, etcher, poet and a writer.
• In 1735, he became a member of the Academy. 
• He the founder of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at Marseilles.
• He was a perfect master in representing the nude.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Alexander Roslin, Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, painter, 1756 .
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