[5] He survived an assassination attempt: Algerian Corsairs:In love with a Neapolitan woman during his adventures in Italy, she and her mother often accompanied him when he played music in villages near Naples.

His fellow musicians, despite their weak means of defense, managed to find him and bring him back to life in a fisherman’s hut.

However, the pain of losing his love and the effects of his injuries plunged Auguste into a serious illness that led to several deep lethargies, one lasting fourteen hours, leading people to believe he was dead.

[2] Excerpt from the report of «André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat to the Minister of the Navy, made to the Consuls on 23 Ventôse Year VI»[8] In 1775, he had a son named Adel Robineau, who tragically died early at the age of 23.

Under the protection of Laurent Truguet, Auguste perfected his portrait skills, which would be very useful in his travels (England, Holland, Switzerland, Russia).

[8] He spent two years in Bordeaux with his friend, the famous singer Pierre-Jean Garat, still under the protection of Admiral Laurent Truguet.

He enjoyed a period of success when he went to Madrid, where, thanks to his connections with M. Truguet, the French Ambassador, he managed to gain attention at the Spanish Court.

He had significant exchanges with Louis XVI, who specially welcomed him for his painting “Le Temps qui découvre la Vérité” and allowed him to exhibit it in the royal apartments.

Then, in front of his very own eyes, Marie Antoinette, for whom he made several portraits, and their daughter, Marie-Thérèse de France, for whom he painted her dog.

By an incredible twist of fate, just as the Emperor (whose aides-de-camp had given him the most favorable report on the painting) was about to come and see it, war broke out between France and Russia, so His Imperial Majesty left for the armies without seeing it.

[11] As the Prince sang French romances with infinite taste, he wanted Auguste to be constantly at Carlton House, either to accompany him on the piano or to hear him play the violin.

Accused of aristocracy and arrested, he was taken to the Committee of Research, where M. de La Fayette ordered, ‘Take Monsieur to the city hall’s guardhouse, and be sure he has no weapon to destroy himself; we need examples at this moment.’ In front of the angry crowd, Auguste was seized by the rioters but managed to escape their fury.

In the guardhouse, ashamed for his family, he stabbed himself eight times with a bayonet before collapsing on a camp bed, letting the people believe he was dead.

André Chéron and the top artists, in the presence of all the compositions, assured:[8]«  That this work needed no protection, being worthy of a student of Sacchini.

»In 1795, Pierre Gavinies was admitted by competition as a professor at the Paris Conservatory, where he was once again Robineau’s master at the Concert Spirituel, counting among his students Simon Le Duc, Antoine-Laurent Baudron, Isidore Bertheaume, Nicolas Capron, Marie Alexandre Guénin, Jean-Jérôme Imbault, Alexandre-Auguste Robineau; his students were distinguished by their unparalleled excellence.

[9] "Around 1800 Auguste Robineau, after twelve years of artistic development, organized an exhibition of his works in Paris and Amiens during the Congress.