Washerwomen in the Ruins of the Colosseum
(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.
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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Painting ID:: 72300
Washerwomen in the Ruins of the Colosseum
French Rococo Era Painter, 1733-1808
French painter, draughtsman, etcher and landscape designer. He was one of the most prolific and engaging landscape painters in 18th-century France. He specialized in architectural scenes in which topographical elements derived from the buildings and monuments of ancient and modern Italy and of France are combined in often fantastic settings or fictitious juxtapositions. The fluid touch and rich impasto employed in his paintings Date between 1750(1750) and 1770(1770)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 45.1 X 57.8 cm (17.76 X 22.76 in)
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Painting ID:: 74053
ROBERT, Hubert French Rococo Era Painter, 1733-1808
French painter, draughtsman, etcher and landscape designer. He was one of the most prolific and engaging landscape painters in 18th-century France. He specialized in architectural scenes in which topographical elements derived from the buildings and monuments of ancient and modern Italy and of France are combined in often fantastic settings or fictitious juxtapositions. The fluid touch and rich impasto employed in his paintings Washerwomen in the Ruins of the Colosseum Date between 1750(1750) and 1770(1770)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 45.1 X 57.8 cm (17.76 X 22.76 in)
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