paintings he has executed a number of important decorations, and as a portrait painter his place is in the first rank. Perrault is a strong and careful draughtsman, a fine colorist, and a finished but not labored executant. His composition is always happy, his subjects well chosen, pleasing, and full of interest, and his pictures have that quality which causes people to say: "His figures live and speak." His

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Charles Emil Auguste Carolus-Duran