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Joseph Ducreux

1735 - 1802

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Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France, and resumed his career at the conclusion of the French Revolution. He was made a baron and premier peintre de la reine (First Painter to the Queen), and drew the last portrait ever made of Louis XVI before the king's execution. His less formal portraits reflect his fascination with physiognomy and show an interest in expanding the range of facial expressions beyond those of conventional portraiture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Ducreux is the 1,477th most popular painter (up from 1,521st in 2019), the 3,864th most popular biography from France (up from 3,904th in 2019) and the 235th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joseph Ducreux ranks 1,477 out of 2,023Before him are Sigrid Hjertén, Antonin Mercié, Joos van Craesbeeck, Daniel Gran, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and Qian Xuan. After him are Henry Raeburn, Nadir Afonso, Carl Fredrik Hill, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, J. C. Leyendecker, and Mykhailo Boychuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Joseph Ducreux ranks 25Before him are Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Ignacy Krasicki, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Paul Kray, Claudine Picardet, and József Alvinczi. After him are Ivan Kulibin, Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, and John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent. Among people deceased in 1802, Joseph Ducreux ranks 24Before him are Luisa of Naples and Sicily, August Batsch, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Joseph Duplessis, Daniel Morgan, and Thomas Girtin. After him are Ivan Argunov, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Charles Leclerc, and Corona Schröter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Ducreux ranks 3,864 out of 6,770Before him are Gérard Lanvin (1950), Jane Dieulafoy (1851), Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778), Jean Cruveilhier (1791), Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1090), and François de Laval (1623). After him are Claude Pouillet (1790), Laurent Terzieff (1935), Francis Cabrel (1953), William Gallas (1977), Jean Decoux (1884), and Andréa Parisy (1935).

Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Joseph Ducreux ranks 235Before him are Charles de La Fosse (1636), Isidore Pils (1813), Roger de La Fresnaye (1885), Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867), Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), and Antonin Mercié (1845). After him are Ernest Hébert (1817), Eugène Devéria (1805), Henri Lebasque (1865), André Gill (1840), Henri Harpignies (1819), and Henri Le Fauconnier (1881).