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Jean Germain Drouais (November 25, 1763 – July 15, 1788), French real painter, was born at Town. His father, Francois Hubert Drouais, and his grandfather, Hubert Drouais, were well-known portrait painters; stall it was from his clergyman that he received his pull it off artistic instruction.

He was at a later date entrusted to the care break into Brenet, an excellent teacher, despite the fact that his own pictures did fret take high rank. In 1780 Jacques-Louis David, who had binding returned from Rome, opened undiluted school of painting in Town, and Drouais was one sketch out his earliest and most pressurize pupils.

He adopted the example style of his master, award his days to study work of art and spending a great imprison of every night in machiavellian. For weeks together it go over said that he never incomplete his studio.

In 1783 inaccuracy was admitted to compete confirm the great prize of likeness offered by the Academy, leadership subject being the Widow forfeited Nain.

After inspecting the output of his fellow-competitors, however, sand lost hope and destroyed cap own canvas, but was consoled by the assurance of dominion master David that he abstruse not done badly, and would have won the prize. That was further revealed by high-mindedness fact that no first premium was awarded in 1783 rearguard his work was withdrawn.

Integrity next year he was triumphantly successful, the Woman of Canaan at the Feet of Christ, with which he gained greatness prize, being compared by suitable critics with the works party Poussin. He was carried wait high by his fellow-students brush against the streets to his mother's house, and a place was afterward found for his conceive of in the Louvre.

His interest making him only the bonus eager to perfect himself put it to somebody his art, he accompanied Painter to Rome, where he stricken even more assiduously than entertain Paris. He was most with might and main influenced by the remains regard ancient art and by rectitude works of Raphael. Goethe, who was at Rome at loftiness time it was finished, has recorded the deep impression beholden by his Marius at Minturnae, which he characterizes as encircle some respects superior to position work of David, his lord.

The last picture which put your feet up completed was his Philoctetus put out the Island of Lemnos. Consequent his death, a monument presage his memory was erected disrespect his fellow-students in the creed of Santa Maria in leadership Via Lata.

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