(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 :. | Die Grand Galerie des Louvre | The Fire of Rome | La Bastille dans les premiers jours de sa demolition | Dimensions and material of painting | Dimensions and material of painting |
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född 25 februari 1841 i Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Frankrike, död 3 december 1919 i Cagnes-sur-Mer