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Ducreux specialized in portrait painting. He completed his early portraits in pastel, including those of connoisseurs Pierre-Jean
Mariette, the Comte de Caylus and Ange-Laurent de la Live de July. These works may have been copies after De La Tour. Although Ducreux cataloged his works in list form
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With these self-portraits
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from 1760 onward, he rarely signed his paintings. Thus, many of his works remain erroneously attributed to other artists.
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and show an interest in expanding the range of facial expressions beyond those of conventional portraiture.
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Ducreux had many children. His oldest son Jules was a painter and infantry captain who perished in the
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for artists and musicians, who commissioned portraits from him. One of these musicians was his friend
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in the 1780s and 1790s, including one in 1783 in which he painted himself in the middle of a large
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Through unusual body language and physical appearances, these portraits parallel the vivacious
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