A Life Painted in Water: The Delicate World of Nicolas-François Dun Nicolas-François Dun, born in Lunéville, France in 1764, was a master of intimacy and refinement—a watercolourist and miniature painter who captured the spirit of his age with an unparalleled delicacy. His life unfolded during a period of immense social and political upheaval, from the waning days of the French aristocracy to the Napoleonic era, yet Dun’s art remained…