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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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| 1768 |
| | | A French artist, Jean Baptiste le Prince, discovers the aquatint technique in printmaking | |
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| 1778 |
| | | 15-year-old Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun earns enough from painting portraits to support the rest of her family | |
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| 1783 |
| | | Jacques-Louis David, establishing a reputation with his severe classical paintings, is elected to the French academy | |
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