The Grace of the Rococo: The Life and Art of Louis-Marin Bonnet In the heart of eighteenth-century Paris, a period defined by unparalleled elegance and decorative splendor, Louis-Marin Bonnet emerged as a master of refined sentiment. Born on January 20, 1736, Bonnet was a child of the French Enlightenment, coming of age in an era where art served as the ultimate expression of aristocratic grace. His journey into the heights of the French art world began under the tutelage of the legendary François Boucher, the quintessential master of the Rococo style. From Boucher, Bonnet inherited more tha…