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BOULOGNE or BOULLONGNE, the name of a family of French painters. Loves (1609-1674), who was one of the original members of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648), became celebrated under Louis XIV. His traditions were continued by his children : GENEVIEVE (1645-1708), who married the sculptor Jacques Clerion ; MADELEINE (1646-171o), whose work survives in the "Trophees d'armes" at Versailles; BON 1717) , a successful teacher and decorative artist; and Loves the younger (1654-1733), who copied Raphael's cartoons for the Gobelins tapestry, and besides taking a high place as a painter was also a designer of medals.

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