Robert Gardelle | |
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Born | April 1682 |
Died | 7 March 1766(1766-03-07) (aged 83) |
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]