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The son of the painter René-Antoine Houasse, a disciple of Le Brun, he learned from his father and at the Paris Academy, where he received a full training. He must have spent time in Italy between 1699 and 1704 and subsequently returned to Paris, becoming a member of the Academy in 1707. In 1715 he arrived in Madrid and worked in the service of Philip V until his death. Although hired as a portrai