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| | François Boucher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Born on 29 September 1703 in Paris, the son of a minor painter, Nicolas, by whom he was probably first taught. |
 | | He studied briefly under François Lemoyne before winning the prix de Rome at the Académie in 1723 (Evilmerodach and Joachim; unlocated), but there was then no place for him at Rome. |
 | | Until 1728 he worked for J.-F. Cars, providing drawings for engraving, and made etchings after Watteau for Jean de Jullienne, continuing meanwhile to paint small historical and religious pictures. |
| www.wallacecollection.org /c/w_a/p_w_d/f/a/boucher.htm (465 words) |
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