Jean-Baptiste Charpentier the Elder

He is best known for portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre.

He also found portrait painting to be a more profitable pursuit than genre scenes.

When the French Revolution abolished academic privilege, he switched to the Salon de Louvre and exhibited there from 1791 to 1799.

He also returned to his earlier genre work, creating charming scenes from the lives of the common people.

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