Toulouse-Lautrec Ep 1: But, First... A Tale of French Lineage in Three Acts
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Yacinth Rago and the French Classicism of the 15th Century
The portrait was commissioned by Louis XIV himself as a gift for one of his grandsons. Yacinth Rago was born into an artistic family, with a few relatives already in the painters guild. The 14th saw fashion as a tool to influence people both at home and abroad. If you weren't following the latest court styles, you were out of touch and didn't truly belong.
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