Cupid sharpening his arrows — Robert Lefèvre

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Artist: Robert Lefèvre
Date: 1798

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Robert Lefèvre

Robert Lefèvre, a prominent French portraitist, captured the likenesses of emperors, empresses, and popes, becoming First Painter to the King.

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