Georges Merle (1851–1886) was a French

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known for his outstanding command of the female form. He often submitted works to the

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. His father,

Hugues Merle Hugues Merle (1822–1881) was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. He has often been compared to William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Biography Hugues Merle was born in 1822 in La Sône. He studied painting with Léon Cog ...

, was also a painter. As Georges rarely signed his early pieces, several of his early works were at first mistakenly attributed to his father.

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''L'Envoûteuse (The Sorceress)''

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