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Hubert Robert
(22 May 1733 - 15 April 1808), French artist, was born in Paris.
His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville a leading diplomat from Lorraine. Young Robert finished his studies with the Jesuits at the College de Navarre in 1751 and entered the atelier of the sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz who taught him design and perspective but encouraged him to turn to painting. In 1754 he left for Rome in the train of Étienne-François de Choiseul, son of his father's employer, who had been named French ambassador and would become a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Louis XV in 1758.
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Painting ID:: 66463
Dimensions and material of painting
Dimensions and material of painting: Oil on canvas, 35-7/8 x 47-5/8 in
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Painting ID:: 66473
Freitreppe im Schlob von Caprarola
2nd half of 18th century
Oil on canvas
25 ?? 34 cm
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Painting ID:: 67627
Dimensions and material of painting
Dimensions and material of painting: Oil on canvas, 35-7/8 x 47-5/8 in
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Painting ID:: 67722
Ancient Ruins Used as Public Baths
1798
Oil on canvas
133 X 194 cm (52.36 X 76.38 in)
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Painting ID:: 70053
Dimensions and material of painting
Oil on canvas, 35-7/8 x 47-5/8 in
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Hubert Robert
(22 May 1733 - 15 April 1808), French artist, was born in Paris.
His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville a leading diplomat from Lorraine. Young Robert finished his studies with the Jesuits at the College de Navarre in 1751 and entered the atelier of the sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz who taught him design and perspective but encouraged him to turn to painting. In 1754 he left for Rome in the train of Étienne-François de Choiseul, son of his father's employer, who had been named French ambassador and would become a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Louis XV in 1758.
. Related Artists to Hubert Robert: | Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema,OM.RA,RWS | Frederick Edwin Church | Maria Chmielowska | Gustav Wentzel | Emma Ekwall |
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