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where his father, François-Louis
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I owe Louis
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painter, pastellist, lithographer and a poet, known for his religious and allegorical subjects, portraits, genre scenes.
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latter's family until it entered the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon by M. Ratbert
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In 1827 he and Devéria illustrated "Souvenirs du Théùtre
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Paintings, lithographies, illustrations, scenography, poetry.
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and a âTorment of St-Laurentâ in the transept chapel of
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Dining room mural for the hĂŽtel Mahler, 1846 - 1851,
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Charles Guillot published his journals around 1900.
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408:"The Ronde du Sabbat", 1828
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487:"Vive la joie", 1866,
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119:Boulanger was born in
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376:Maison de Victor Hugo
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414:"Les FantĂŽmes", 1829
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481:âs Georgics", 1864
348:, English painter
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437:âs Triumph", 1836
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208:, sculptor
200:, novelist
147:Victor Hugo
892:Categories
878:Met Museum
703:References
309:, and the
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212:, painter
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361:Paul Huet
333:, writer
276:VelĂĄzquez
188:, writer
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121:Piedmont
109:Romantic
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250:Hernani
192:, poet
853:Louvre
479:Virgil
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