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1729 1754-1772 1783
a French artist best known for his portrait busts, most often of women. Defernex received no official commissions, and his art seems to have been regarded as rather unfashionable. His portrait busts have been compared to those of Jean-Baptiste Greuze and described as "honest, unidealized, quite free from gallant flattery"
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Jean-Baptiste Defernex 1729 1754
1772 1783
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