British painter , 1850-1920 Related Paintings of Henry Herbert La Thangue :. | Appian Way | Leaving Home | The Harvester's Supper | In the Orchard | The Appian Way | Related Artists:
llya Yefimovich Repin1844-1930
Master of the Prelate Murpainted The Adoration of the Magi in 15th century
Hubert Robert(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.
