Robert Gardelle

Robert Gardelle (Geneva, 6 April 1682 - Geneva, 7 March 1766) was an artist, engraver and etcher[1] born in Geneva, then in the Republic of Geneva.

He studied under Largillière in Paris, where he distinguished himself as a portrait painter, producing also etchings of portraits and of views of Geneva.

[2] Gardelle is known for both the quantity of portraits he produced and the speed with which he produced them; Cambridge University Library noted during a 1978 exhibition that Gardelle was prolific and "often painted portraits in two or three days.

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