Pierre Gobert
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French people
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painter.
He was the son of the sculptor Jean II Gobert. Gobert entered the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on December 31, 1701 as a portraitist. During the reign of Louis XIV he became the preferred painter of the great ladies of the court as evidenced by the large collection of portraits that he executed during that time. Gobert's style included incorporating the traits of mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
into his portraits.
List of works
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de BloisFrançoise-Marie de BourbonFrançoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Originally known as the second Mademoiselle de Blois, that style eventually gave way to the name Françoise Marie de...
en GalatéeGalatea (mythology)-Name "Galatea":Though the name "Galatea" has become so firmly associated with Pygmalion's statue as to seem antique, its use in connection with Pygmalion originated with a post-classical writer. No extant ancient text mentions the statue's name...
triomphante See Here, (c.1692), Collection particulière - Portrait of the duchesse du Maine,
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de Chartres (1690-98) See Here
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de la Mothe,
- Portrait of the daughters of the prince de Condé (1689) See Here
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de Villefranche,
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de Maupin,
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de ChartresLouise Adélaïde d'OrléansLouise Adélaïde d'Orléans was the third daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was Abbess of Chelles.-Biography:Marie Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles on...
[niece of the above Mlle de Chartres] (c.1716) See Here - Portrait of the Abesse de ChellesLouise Adélaïde d'OrléansLouise Adélaïde d'Orléans was the third daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was Abbess of Chelles.-Biography:Marie Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles on...
(1720) See Here - Portrait of the princesse de Conti
- Portrait of the princesse de Condé (1713) See Here
- Portrait of the duchesse de Bourgogne, (1704) See Here
- Portrait of the duchesse de ChartresFrançoise-Marie de BourbonFrançoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France was the youngest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Originally known as the second Mademoiselle de Blois, that style eventually gave way to the name Françoise Marie de...
, (1700) See Here - Portrait of the Hereditary Prince of LorraineLéopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of LorraineLéopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine was heir apparent to the throne of the sovereign Duchy of Lorraine....
(1710) See Here - Portrait of Mademoiselle de Valois, (1717) See Here
- Portrait of the Family of the Duke of ValentinoisDuke of ValentinoisDuke of Valentinois , formerly Count of Valentinois, is a title of nobility, originally in the French peerage. It is currently one of the many hereditary titles claimed by the Prince of Monaco despite its extinction in French law in 1949...
- Portrait of Mademoiselle de ChartresLouise Diane d'OrléansLouise d'Orléans was the sixth daughter and last child of Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans and his wife, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan...
, See Here - Portrait of Mademoiselle de Clermont, (1710-1720; held in the Royal CollectionRoyal CollectionThe Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family. It is property of the monarch as sovereign, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 150,000 old master prints, as well as historical...
); See Here - Portrait of the Anne de BaviéreAnne Henriette of BavariaAnne Henriette of Palatinate-Simmern, in France known as Anne Henriette of Bavaria was a Princess of Palatinate-Simmern by birth and by her marriage in 1663, the Duchess of Enghien and then the Princess of Condé...
See Here - Portrait of Louis XV of FranceLouis XV of FranceLouis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
(1716) - Portrait of Mademoiselle de La Roche sur YonLouise Adélaïde de Bourbon (1696–1750)Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon was a French princess of the Blood. She had no children and thus no descendants.-Biography:...
(?) See Here
Monsieur Gobert was also commissioned to do portraits of the Régent of France
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe d'Orléans was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723. Born at his father's palace at Saint-Cloud, he was known from birth under the title of Duke of Chartres...
along with his second daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans
Marie Louise Elisabeth d'Orléans
Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Duchess of Berry , was a member of the House of Orléans who married Charles, Duke of Berry.-Biography:...
(See here). Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon was also a subject of his along with Louis XV. Louis XV's wife Marie Leszczyńska. Their eldest twin daughters, Princess Marie Louise Élisabeth
Princess Louise Élisabeth of France
Louise Élisabeth de France was the eldest daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort, Maria Leszczyńska, and the elder twin sister of Anne Henriette de France. As the daughter of the king, she was a Daughter of France...
and Princess Henriette Anne were also painted by Pierre in their infancy. Princess Marie Louise
Princess Louise of France
Marie Louise de France, fille de France was a French Princess by birth. She was one of 10 children.-Biography:...
was also painted.