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Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder
French painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder, dit Louis Le Vieux (1612 –1689) was a French portrait painter who was the son of Ferdinand Elle.
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Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder, dit Louis Le Vieux (1612 –1689) was a French portrait painter who was the son of Ferdinand Elle.