The Coolest Cat

A few marks of a successful career in painting:

• You paint a portrait of a girl that sells her to the Dauphin. Once she's queen, she makes you First Painter to the Queen.
• Jacques-Louis David thinks you're cool, sets you up.
• You paint portraits of yourself in unusual poses. One ends up in the Louvre, the other in the Getty.
• The one in the Louvre becomes the basis for an Internet meme.

I could go on, but let's just pause and celebrate the total awesomeness of Joseph Ducreux.