Jean Barbault. Jean Barbault was a French painter, etcher and printmaker, who worked in Rome for most of his life.
He is noted for paintings of local people, wearing traditional costumes or Oriental costumes and for his work documenting iconic Roman monuments and antiquities which were published in two volumes. Jean Barbault was born in Viarmes, France in around 1718 and was a student of Jean Restout II in Paris.
Very little is known of his early life. In 1745 he failed to win the Prix de Rome, but travelled to Rome in 1747 at his own expense and survived by undertaking engraving work.
He spent most of his career in Italy, where he lived from around 1747. There, he was admitted to the French Academy in Rome in 1750.
He was a disciple of Piranesi andwas fascinated by Rome's sprawling Baroque thoroughfares. In 1748, he made engravings for the Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna published in Rome. Many of his works are small paintings depicting individual figures, either Italian women, or his fellow artists. He notably executed a series of sketches and paintings of French artists who participated in the Turkish mascarade organized in 1748 to mark the Carnival of the French Academy in Rome. For the Carnival, Barbault himself dressed as an Officer of the Sultan's Guards. Some twenty works made up the series, of which the painting, The Greek Sultana, originates. In these works, painters are repre
He is noted for paintings of local people, wearing traditional costumes or Oriental costumes and for his work documenting iconic Roman monuments and antiquities which were published in two volumes. Jean Barbault was born in Viarmes, France in around 1718 and was a student of Jean Restout II in Paris.
Very little is known of his early life. In 1745 he failed to win the Prix de Rome, but travelled to Rome in 1747 at his own expense and survived by undertaking engraving work.
He spent most of his career in Italy, where he lived from around 1747. There, he was admitted to the French Academy in Rome in 1750.
He was a disciple of Piranesi andwas fascinated by Rome's sprawling Baroque thoroughfares. In 1748, he made engravings for the Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna published in Rome. Many of his works are small paintings depicting individual figures, either Italian women, or his fellow artists. He notably executed a series of sketches and paintings of French artists who participated in the Turkish mascarade organized in 1748 to mark the Carnival of the French Academy in Rome. For the Carnival, Barbault himself dressed as an Officer of the Sultan's Guards. Some twenty works made up the series, of which the painting, The Greek Sultana, originates. In these works, painters are repre
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