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c. 31,000 years ago
 
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Rhinoceroses, lions and mammoth feature on the walls of the Chauvet cave, in southern France     
Rhinoceros in the Chauvet cave

1412
 
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The three Limburg brothers illustrate for the duke of Berry the Très Riches Heures, one of the masterpieces of International Gothic        
1452
 
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Étienne Chevalier commissions from Jean Fouquet a series of illustrations for his Book of Hours       
1517
 
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Leonardo da Vinci moves to France, on the invitation of Francis I       
1624
 
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Nicolas Poussin arrives in Rome, where he develops the tradition of French classicism       
Poussin Sleeping Nymph surprised by Satyrs (detail) c.1627
National Gallery, London

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1625
 
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Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis