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French painter Hubert Robert (1733-1808) truly merited the nickname given to him by friends and admirers: Robert des Ruines . Already one of the most influential and venerated French artists of his time, the former member of the Academie Royale is today considered the most creative and imaginative painter of French Classicism. His enchanting visions of ancient ruins oscillate between fantasy and reality with exceptional accuracy and awe-inspiring landscapes show unique depictions of beauty in decay. Robert's art was of considerable influence to 19th-century French Romanticism and continues to mesmerise to this day

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Pierre de Nolhac was a French historian and poet from the 19th century. He became Director of the Chateau de Versailles Museum in 1892; a critical role as he gathered the art and furniture that had been dispersed during the Revolution. Elected as a member of the Academie Francaise in 1922, his written work on 18th-century France, including the art of the time, the Chateau de Versailles, French nobility, Marie Antoinette, Jean Marc Nattier, and Maurice Quentin de Latour, are seminal pieces to this day.

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