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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:: 92969
Imaginary View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins
1796
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 115 X 145 cm (45.3 X 57.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 95960
Demolition of the Houses on the Pont Notre Dame in 1786
1786(1786)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 96348
La Bastille dans les premiers jours de sa demolition
1789(1789)
Medium oil on canvas
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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: | Otter, Thomas | Wjatscheslaw Grigorjewitsch Schwarz | August Christian Hauck | Stanislaw Debicki | Erasmus Quellinus |
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