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Léopold Robert

Born: Eplatures, Neuchâtel, 13 May 1794
Died: Venice, 20 March 1835
Nationality: Swiss
Studies: 

 with Jacques-Louis David in Paris (1812-15); briefly with Antoine-Jean Gros

Career: 

1810 – travelled to Paris with engraver Charles-Samuel Giradet (1780-1863)

1818 – travels to Rome funded by François Roulet de Mézerac in exchange for paintings

1824 – exhibits seven paintings at Paris Salon; critic Etienne-Jean Delecluze helps establish Robert’s reputation

1827 – exhibits Return from the Pilgrimage to the Virgin with a Bow at the Salon; purchased by French government for Louvre

1831 – exhibits  Arrival of the Harvesters in the Pontine Marshes at the Salon; work is purchased by Louis Philippe (King of France); awarded Légion d’honneur

1835 – commits suicide on 10th anniversary of his brother’s suicide

Travels

Paris (1810-16; 1831); Italy (1818-1835)

Commissions from: 

François Roulet de Mézerac

Important Artworks: 

Brigand Asleep, 1819. First of 14 versions of this subject

Return from the Pilgrimage to the Virgin with a Bow, 1827 (Louvre, Paris)
 
Arrival of the Harvesters in the Pontine Marshes, 1830 (Louvre, Paris)