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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:: 72334
Fire of Rome
Dimensions 76 x 93 cm
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Painting ID:: 73647
Incendie de l'Opera
La fin de l'incendie du thXâtre de l'OpXra de Paris, deuxiXme salle du Palais-Royal, le 8 juin 1781.
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Painting ID:: 75185
The Fountain
The Fountain; c. 1775-78; Oil on canvas; 113.0 x 90.2 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; AP
c. 1775-1778
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Painting ID:: 76502
Dimensions and material of painting
Dimensions and material of painting: Oil on canvas, 29 x 40.5 in
1771(1771)
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Painting ID:: 77027
Robert The Fountain Kimbell
c. 1775?C78; Oil on canvas; 113.0 x 90.2 cm
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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: | Bicknell, Frank Alfred | Wyke Bayliss | thomas binks | Elioth Gruner | Veronese and Studio |
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