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Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Flemish art historian (1714–1791) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean-Baptiste Descamps (French: [ʒɑ̃.ba.tist de.kɑ̃]; 28 August 1714, Dunkerque – 30 June 1791, Rouen) was a French writer on art and artists, and painter of village scenes. He later founded an academy of art and his son later became a museum curator.
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