About Jean Louis Ducis
Lived 1775 – 1847 (aged 71). Jean Louis Ducis was a French painter.
Louis Ducis (14 July 1775 – 2 March 1847) was a French painter and student of Jacques-Louis David.
Biography Ducis was born in Versailles. He was instructed by David, whom he partly imitated in his historical pieces, besides which he devoted himself also to genre and portrait painting. His Mary Stuart and The Début of Talma were formerly in the Luxembourg Gallery. He died in 1847 in Paris.
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French painter (1775-1847)
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Jean Louis Ducis was born on 14 July 1775 in Versailles.
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Jean Louis Ducis died on 2 March 1847 in rue de Lille.
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Jean Louis Ducis was a painter.
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Jean Louis Ducis was French.
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