Robert Gardelle (April 1682 - 7 March 1766) was a Swiss artist, engraver and etcher[1] born in Geneva, then in the Republic of Geneva. Gardelle studied under Largillière in Paris, where he distinguished himself as a portrait painter, producing also etchings of portraits and of views of Geneva.[2] Gardelle is known for both the quantity of portraits he produced and the speed with which he produced them; Cambridge University Library noted during a 1978 exhibition that Gardelle was prolific and "often painted portraits in two or three days."[3]
Robert Gardelle | |
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| Born | April 1682 |
| Died | 7 March 1766 (aged 83) |
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Further reading
- Dagmar Böcker: Gardelle, Robert. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
- Auguste Bouvier: Quatre vues de Genève peintes par Robert Gardelle, Genève 1931
- Waldemar Deonna: Le peintre Robert Gardelle 1682-1766. Impr. du "Journal de Genève", 1943
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