Louis Ducis was instructed by David, whom he partly imitated in his historical pieces, besides which he devoted himself also to
genre and portrait painting. His 'Mary Stuart' and 'The Début of Talma' were formerly in the
Luxembourg Gallery. He died in 1847.
References
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public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Ducis, Louis". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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