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The Death of Priam by Jean-Baptiste Regnault

The Death of Priam

Jean-Baptiste Regnault · 1785

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Artist
Jean-Baptiste Regnault
Date
1785
Location
Musée de Picardie
ART MOVEMENTS
Classicism
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THE ARTIST

Jean-Baptiste Regnault

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, a leading French Neoclassical painter, famously rivaled Jacques-Louis David and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1776.

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