Introduction: face-to-face with the Académie Royale -- The official face. An institutional image: portrait of the artist as an academician -- Rituals of initiation: becoming and being in the Académie -- On the wall: portraits, spaces, and everyday encounters -- At the Académie -- The unofficial face. Bloodlines: portraits of family -- Reciprocal acts: portraits of friendship -- Facing off: portraits of rivalry -- Epilogue: the end of an institution.
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