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DOYEN, GABRIEL FRANCOIS (1726-1806)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 461 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOYEN, See also:GABRIEL See also:FRANCOIS (1726-1806) , See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Paris in 1726. His See also:passion for See also:art prevailed over his See also:father's wish, and he became in his twelfth See also:year a See also:pupil of See also:Vanloo. Making rapid progress, he obtained at twenty the See also:Grand Prix, and in 1748 set out for See also:Rome. He studied the See also:works of Annibale See also:Caracci, See also:Cortona, Giulio Romano and See also:Michelangelo, then visited See also:Naples, See also:Venice, See also:Bologna and other See also:Italian cities, and in 1755 returned to Paris. At first unappreciated and disparaged, he resolved by one grand effort to conquer a reputation, and in 1758 he exhibited his " See also:Death of See also:Virginia." It was completely successful, and procured him See also:admission to the See also:Academy. Among his greatest works are reckoned the " See also:Miracle See also:des Ardents," painted for the See also:church of St See also:Genevieve at St See also:Roch (1773) ; the" See also:Triumph of See also:Thetis," for the See also:chapel of the Invalides; and the " Death of St See also:Louis," for the chapel of the Military School. In 1776 he was appointed See also:professor at the Academy of See also:Painting. Soon after the beginning of the Revolution he accepted the invitation of See also:Catherine II. and settled at St See also:Petersburg, where he was loaded with honours and rewards. He died thereon the 5th of See also:June ,8o6.

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