In 1782 his family returned to Paris, where, through the connections of his father's employer Louis-Auguste le Tonnelier, Baron de Breteuil, Minister of the King's Household, Gérard was admitted to the Pension du Roi, a small teaching establishment for young artists which had been founded by the Marquis de Marigny. ... In 1789 Gérard competed for the Prix de Rome and his entry, Joseph Revealing himself to his Brethren (Angers, Mus. ... He urgently needed to earn a living and worked for the publisher Pierre Didot the elder illustrating luxury folio editions of La Fontain...

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One of the most famous paintings in all of historyy was created during this period: the portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. ... Mona Lisa's mysterious smile evocative and the aliveness of the painting is a product of Leonardo de Vinci's study of nature. ...

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Research Paper: Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a super-genius and one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo was also an architect, engineer, scientist, mathematician and philosopher. Sadly, Leonardo only had a limited amount of completed paintings, and he made many ...

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