\paperw4995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 French painter. \par
He had a deep knowledge of figurative culture. With unbounded faith in painting as a medium, he developed a virt
uosity that was also a limitation. After 1760 he devoted himself to lively and racy scenes of surprising modernity, intended for the bourgeoisie and nobility, in which the erotic component is translated into pictorial sensuality.