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  1. Family of French painters, the brothers
  2. Antoine (1588-1648), Louis (1593-1648) and
  3. Mathieu (1607-77). They were born in Laon,
  4. settled in Paris, and were among the original
  5. members of the French Academy in 1648.
  6. Attribution of works among them is uncertain.
  7. They chiefly painted sombre and dignified
  8. scenes of peasant life.
  9.