Titelblad met een antieke vaas op een sokkel
Hubert Robert
1763 - 1831
Medium
etching
Dimensions
142; 100
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: ‘Douane Centrale La Portation Paris’ in een cirkel, gedrukt in paarsblauwe inkt
About the Artist
Hubert Robert · 1733–1808
Hubert Robert, born on May 22, 1733, in Paris, emerged from a modest background; his father, Nicolas Robert, served the influential Choiseul family, whose patronage shaped the young artist's path. After completing his studies at the Jesuit Collège de Navarre in 1751, he entered the atelier of sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz, who taught him design and perspective before encouraging a shift to painting....