Early Life, Family and Training Born in Zweibrücken, Germany, on July 15, 1755, Philippe Le Clerc entered a world where the brush was already a family legacy. He was the son of Jakob Friedrich Leclerc, a man who held the prestigious position of court painter in Zweibrücken. It was under his father's watchful eye and steady hand that Philippe Le Clerc first learned to grasp the tools of his trade, receiving his initial training within…