biography
pronunciation:
[poosĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1594–1665)
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| biography:
| Painter, born near Les Andelys, NW France. He went to Rome in 1624, and spent the rest of his life there, apart from a short visit (1640–2) to Paris. The greatest master of French Classicism, deeply influenced by Raphael and the Antique, his masterpieces include two sets of the ‘Seven Sacraments’ (1636–40, 1644–8). |
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