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The artist was born in Paris. The son of Nicolas Robert, servant to the Marquis de Stainville, he received an excellent education. He travelled to Rome in 1754 with the Marquis’s son and enrolled at the Academy of France. Most artists at the Academy were accepted after they had won the Prix de Rome scholarship. However, Robert’s connections with Stainville and the Marquis de Marigny, the brother of Madame de Pompadour, ensured his place at the Academy. Whilst studying in Rome Robert befriended the architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) and often sketched ruins with him. He also travelled to Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii and the abandoned Ville d’Este in Tivoli. When he returned to Paris in 1765 he started to create canvases filled with classical ruins.
Title
Architectural Capriccio with Bridge and Triumphal Arch
Date
c.1768
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 106 x W 139.1 cm
Accession number
B.M.264
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the Founders, 1885
Work type
Painting
The Bowes Museum
Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP England
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