David

Author: Henry Troyat
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Louis David (1748–1825) was a representative of the French Neoclassical painting school, enjoying the favor and patronage of King Louis XVI, and was the youngest painter at the French Royal Academy of Painting. This book tells the remarkable life of her husband, a man of legendary status, in the first person narrative of his wife, who was seventeen years younger than him.