Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ was the descendant of a noble Piedmontese family that settled in France in the fourteenth century. In 1861, at age nineteen, he entered the studio of <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/marc-gabriel-charles-gleyre">Charles Gleyre</a> (1808-1874) and two years later trained under the guidance of Émile Signol (1804-1892). With his fascination for historical and exotic subj