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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:: 70221
Ancient Ruins Used as Public Baths
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 0133 X 194 cm
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Painting ID:: 70930
Die Grand Galerie des Louvre
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 115 x 145 cm
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Painting ID:: 70940
Freitreppe im Schlob von Caprarola
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 25 x 34 cm
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Painting ID:: 71198
The Fire of Rome
The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 AD
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Painting ID:: 72300
Washerwomen in the Ruins of the Colosseum
between 1750(1750) and 1770(1770)
Oil on canvas
45.1 X 57.8 cm (17.76 X 22.76 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: | Kazimierz Wojniakowski | Wjatscheslaw Grigorjewitsch Schwarz | Poynter, Sir Edward John | David Hunter Strother | William Lionel Wyllie |
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