Poem dedicated to charles-francois nivard and dated 1785, stuck to the back of the portrait of nivard by rené gouzien. "happy student of nature
as simple as she, o nivard,
tell us how in your painting,
you know how to disguise art so well
let no one see his adornment. Tell us how, in your paintings,
you put this charm, this life,
this tone of truth, this harmony,
who, without any effort of genius(?)
seem to flow from your brushes
around 1785". Date: 1785.
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