# DANDRÉ-BARDON, Michel-François

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1700–1783
- Profession: painter
- School: French

## Biography

French \(Provençal\) history painter, pupil of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and Jean-François de Troy. He was the director of Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille in 1754. He moved for good to Paris in 1755 where he became rector of the Acedémie in 1778. He produced several theoretical works, too.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Skulls](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dandr-bardon-michel-franois-r683d56745c301a/adoration-of-the-skulls-r34fe127dcea31d>)
- [Salon Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dandr-bardon-michel-franois-r683d56745c301a/salon-scene-ree83737b8de6b0>)
- [Studies of Hands and Feet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dandr-bardon-michel-franois-r683d56745c301a/studies-of-hands-and-feet-rfb1937a8cdee36>)
- [The Adoration of the Skulls](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dandr-bardon-michel-franois-r683d56745c301a/the-adoration-of-the-skulls-rce80f341f939a2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)