Nicolas Colombel (1644 ? - 1717)

Nicolas Colombel was born in Sotteville, near Rouen, in 1644. He was trained by the painter Gilbert de Sève (1615–1698), a founding member and later director of the Académie Royal in Paris. Like all young French artists, he travelled to Rome, studied the Bolognese- Roman style of painting, and the works of Poussin, Dughet, Lorrain and the Dutch Italianists. From 1686 he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca. He probably left Rome on several occasions; his presence there is documented until 1688, then not until 1691. In 1694, Colombel was elected to the Académie Royale in Paris, and in 1705 he was appointed professor. The majority of his paintings show historical scenes with a landscape in the style of Poussin (1594–1665).

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 120