biography
pronunciation:
[kwapel]
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| lived:
| (1661–1722)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Paris, France, from a distinguished family of painters. Influenced by Carracci and Poussin, he became director of the Academy (1714), was ennobled (1717), and made first painter to the king. His themes were historical, and his most famous work is the ceiling of the chapel at Versailles, which achieves its effect through the use of trompe l'oeil (1708). |
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