DETAILS
- Artist
- Thomas Couture
- Date
- 1840
- Location
- Musée départemental de l'Oise
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THE ARTIST
Thomas Couture
Thomas Couture, a French history painter, challenged academic norms and taught future masters like Édouard Manet, despite famously failing the Prix de Rome six times.
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