Pater, born in Valenciennes, was apprenticed to a local painter in 1706. A contemporary would later report that his father sent him to Paris to study with Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721): probably the two painters left Valenciennes together in late 1709 or 1710
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From the former Lady Chapel of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris (closed February 1792; panels possibly removed by November 25, 1796; chapel destroyed 1802); [possibly Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York] ; Private Collection, Paris (until 1958) ; [ Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris (1958–sold 1972)] ; [ Galerie für Glasmalerei, Zurich (1972–sold 1973)]
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The vocabulary of ancient Egyptian art would be interpreted and adapted in different ways depending on the standards and motivations of the time.
buildings such as Benjamin Henry Latrobe’s original Library of Congress (1808) and the Washington
The Greek temple with its mathematically proportioned columns and pediments became reborn as mansion, church, bank, museum, or other commercial institution.
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[Royal courts] were important loci for the continuation of indigenous artistic traditions as well as conduits for European influences in both art and architecture.
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