Zicht op de Temple de la Pieté Filiale in Parc de Méréville

About this artwork

Tempel op het landgoed van Markies Jean-Joseph de Laborde, in Méréville (Ile-de-France). De tempel werd ontworpen door Hubert Robert en in 1786 gebouwd.

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....