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Nicolas-André Monsiau

French1754–1837

Portrait of Nicolas-André Monsiau

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Nicolas-André Monsiau was a French history painter and a refined draughtsman who turned to book illustration to supplement his income when the French Revolution disrupted patronage. His Poussiniste drawing style and coloring marked his conservative art in the age of Neoclassicism.

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Works in the collection

6 works

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