Robert Gardelle
Robert Gardelle (born April 9, 1682 in Geneva ; † March 7, 1766 there ) was a Geneva painter , engraver and etcher of the Baroque era . In Switzerland he was considered the most famous portrait painter of his time.
Robert Gardelle came from a Geneva bourgeois and artist family. His brother was Daniel Gardelle . In Kassel he met the Hessian and later Prussian diplomat Gustav von Mardefeld , who sent him to Berlin for further training. He continued this in Paris with Nicolas de Largillière . Gardelle primarily painted portraits of the Geneva, Vaudois and Bernese societies. His main work is the portrait of Conseiller Jean Louis du Pan , painted in the late Baroque style in 1720 , which is now in a private collection.
Works
literature
- 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.
Web links
Commons : Robert Gardelle - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Valérie Louzier-Gentaz: Gardelle, Robert (II, fils). In: Sikart
- Dagmar Böcker: Gardelle, Robert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Holdings on Robert Gardelle in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolf Stadler u. a .: Lexicon of Art 5th Gal - Mr. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1994, ISBN 3-86070-452-4 , p. 12.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gardelle, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, engraver and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1682 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1766 |
| Place of death | Geneva |