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Jean Baptiste Leprince
(1734-1781)
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The Fortune Teller
The Miser
Jean Baptiste Leprince was an 18th century French painter. He spent many years in Russia , which became a major influence on his work, as well as the work of his teacher, Francois Boucher.
The Russian Cradle
The Physician
Leprince was appointed as a painter of the Imperial Palace in Saint Petersburg in 1757, and traveled Russia extensively, going as far even to Siberia . He returned to Paris in 1762 and earned a name for himself with his paintings of rural Russian country and domestic scenes. Towards the end of his life as his health declined, Leprince mainly painted French landscapes.
The Russian Peasant Girl
Young Girl in Russian Costume
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