(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 Paintings of Hubert Robert :. | The Fire of Rome | Imaginary View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins | Robert The Fountain Kimbell | Washerwomen in the Ruins of the Colosseum | Dimensions and material of painting | Related Artists: Harvey T. Dunn American, 1884-1952 Bento Jose Rufino Capinam painted Christ Wearing the Crown of Thorns in 1791-1874 Joseph Caraoud French
1821-1905