Art: • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721): La danse champêtre (c.1706-10)
María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
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Forêt tropicale avec singes (1910)
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Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga
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Autoportrait (1895)
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Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
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Cannes (France)
Births: • Philipe, Gérard (1922-1959) Deaths: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859-1915) • Franklin, Maud (1857-1939) • Khokhlova, Olga (1891-1955) • Marais, Jean (1913-1998) • Marin, Jacques (1919-2001) • Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) • Young, Terence (1915-1994) See also: • Cities | France
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, 15th Countess of Chinchón
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Rendez-vous dans la forêt (1889)
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