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Updated: July 6, 2026

Antoine Vernet, the great-grandfather of Horace, lived in the time of Mademoiselle de L'Enclos, a very celebrated courtesan, and it is said by some that he was the author of the portrait of her which exists at this day, but it is proved that he never left Argnon, where he lived as an artist.

D. W. (David W.) Bartlett - Paris: With Pen and Pencil: Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business