biography
pronunciation:
[karõ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1520–99)
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| biography:
| Mannerist painter, born in Beauvais, N France. Appointed court painter to Cathérine de Médicis, his distinctive and occasionally bizarre work was based on court life and festivities, and reflected the violence of the Wars of Religion. His works include Massacres under the Triumvirate (Louvre) and Triumph of the Seasons. |
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