Toussaint Dubreuil

He studied anatomy with a barber (a profession which then involved performing minor surgery) and provided some illustrations for the Historia anatomica humani corporis, by André du Laurens.

[2] Whether or not he trained in Italy is unknown, but his work shows the influence of Italian Mannerists such as Pellegrino Tibaldi, Bartolomeo Passarotti and Nicolò dell'Abbate.

Together with Martin Fréminet (his former teacher's son) and Ambroise Dubois, he later helped establish what became known as the Second School of Fontainebleau.

He also executed large murals for the Château de Fontainebleau, depicting scenes from the story of Hercules.

[4] In the Petite Galerie at the Palais du Louvre, together with Jacob Bunel, he painted portraits of Henri IV's predecessors and decorated the ceilings with allegorical subjects.

Henry IV as Hercules, slaying the Lernaean Hydra
King Dicée, offering a banquet to Francus , in the presence of Hyante and Climène, from La Franciade by Pierre de Ronsard