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Antoine Pâris

Antoine Pâris (1668-1733) was the eldest of the four Pâris brothers, major financiers in early 18th-century France. Antoine held lucrative appointments in connection with the army and the royal Treasury, but he was later exiled to Lorraine where he died. The opulent draperies and library setting suggest nobility and learning. The frame is the original.