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Dulin nevertheless placed great store on what he could learn in Italy and was so determined to go that, afraid that the Duke de
Richelieu would raise some new obstacle, he left without taking leave. He arrived in Rome at the beginning of March 1700. He became absorbed in the study of the great
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Undiscouraged, he tried again and won the next year with great distinction. His painting, whose subject was "Pharaoh giving his ring to Joseph after the explanation of dreams", was found so much above what had been seen so far from him that there was suspicion of cheating. Before granting the
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for him to stay. This was less to force him to stay than to ensure that he retained his scholarship to the school of Rome. The Duke loved the arts and artists, and felt this sentiment to a particular degree with Dulin, since he kept Dulin in his house, admitted him to his table and provided
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that represented pagan festivals and that were owned by
Richelieu. Dulin chose a party in honor of Bacchus, which was composed and executed so much in the style of Poussin, that many connoisseurs there were taken in, ensuring that his new patron became one of his most zealous promoters. His
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servants to look after him. When the sundial was complete, Dulin began composition of several works: Time, the Three Fates, Daybreak
Personified and the Genie of the Hours. He also made two large portraits of the Duke, one dressed as a Roman on horseback, the other of him in armor.
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Pharaoh", which was considered an even more brilliant work. The previous year he had tied for the first prize with
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Mansart's attention, who engaged ham and proposed he should not leave Paris, with an offer of working for the King and a recommendation to the Academy to receive him,
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Academy asked that he prove his capacity to the Director, executing in his presence a work on a subject given by the Director. He passed this test successfully.
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obliged him to defer the trip to Rome. This was a great allegorical subject that would decorate a sundial in the garden of the hotel that
Richelieu occupied in the
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