Jacques-Louis David Was Born 278 Years Ago Today. He Dressed His Heroes in Nothing but Virtue.
On August 30, 1748, Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris. He grew up to become the painter of the French […]
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Ingres Was Born 246 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude an Ideal, Then Gave It Desire.
On August 29, 1780, a boy was born in Montauban, in the south of France, who would spend eighty-six years
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Died 241 Years Ago Today. His Nude Voltaire Made the Enlightenment Strip Naked.
Two hundred and forty-one years ago today, on August 20, 1785, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle died in Paris at seventy-one. He was