Jacques Rousseau 17th.Century French School Red Chalk Landscape Drawing

Jacques Rousseau 17th.Century French School Red Chalk Landscape DrawingJacques Rousseau 1630 1693. French School 17th. Century. Red chalk drawing. River Landscape. 22 by 16 x 22 cms. A member of a Hugenot family, Rousseau was born at Paris. He is noted as a painter of decorative landscapes and classical ruins much influenced by Nicolas Poussin and Gaspard Dughet. He was employed to decorate walls for Louis XIV and Phillipe D'Orleans at St Cloud, Marly and Versailles. Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, he

1869-1918 the journalist

Schindlerin was a pupil of the notable male soprano Venanzio Rauzzini

She died in Brussels on 10 April 1865

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Depicting A First-Rate Man Of War (HMS Victory) and A Revenue Cutter Off Portsmouth

which occurs on many drawings by Paul and Thomas Sandby

As well as being a highly talented miniaturist

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he is best remembered for his monumental study of the commedia del Arte– Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne)

20  by 27 cms

Roman School 17th

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