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| 1412 |
| | The three Limburg brothers illustrate for the duke of Berry the Très Riches Heures, one of the masterpieces of International Gothic | |
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| 1452 |
| | Étienne Chevalier commissions from Jean Fouquet a series of illustrations for his Book of Hours | |
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| 1517 |
| | Leonardo da Vinci moves to France, on the invitation of Francis I | |
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| 1624 |
| | Nicolas Poussin arrives in Rome, where he develops the tradition of French classicism | |
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| 1625 |
| | Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis | |
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| 1662 |
| | Jean-Baptiste Colbert buys the Gobelin family workshops in Paris and transforms them into a royal factory for Louis XIV | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | The lighter rococo style, beginning in France, becomes an extension of the baroque | |
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| 1721 |
| | Jean-Antoine Watteau paints the most splendid shop sign in history, for his friend Gersaint | |
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| 1751 |
| | French painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin returns to the subject matter that first took his interest, still life | |
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| 1752 |
| | French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard wins the cherished Prix de Rome at the age of 20 | |
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