Born in 1780, he was a blazingly apt pupil and assistant of Jacques-Louis David.
In 1793 he became a pupil, then assistant, of Pierre-Joseph Desault, surgeon and anatomist in Paris.
De Cotte was a pupil and assistant of the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart and became his brother-in-law about 1683.
He made him his pupil and assistant, and he introduced him to the literature of the nineteenth century, the Romantic poets and their Symbolist inheritors.
"BERNARDO BELLOTTO" A nephew, pupil and assistant of Canaletto, Bellotto (1720-80) also painted Venice but gave it the silvery chill of northern weather.
Dardo Galletto (tango master and choreographer; Argentina) was adjusting their steps, while his star pupil and assistant, Patrizia Chen (novelist; Manhattan via Italy), glided beside them, translating his more mystifying instructions into simpler English.
Ciro Ferri, (born 1634, Rome, Papal States [Italy] died Sept. 13, 1689, Rome) Italian Baroque painter and printmaker of the Roman school who was the chief pupil and assistant of the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona.
Anthony Van Dyck, a pupil and assistant of Rubens, was a much less forceful personality than his master; and this is reflected in the quieter, more introspective note characteristic of his paintings.
1634 Rome, Italy September 13 , 1689Rome, Italy Ciro Ferri, (born 1634, Rome, Papal States [Italy] died Sept. 13, 1689, Rome) Italian Baroque painter and printmaker of the Roman school who was the chief pupil and assistant of the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona.
Born in Radom, south of the Polish capital of Warsaw, the young boy was soon recognised as an outstanding talent by Maurycy Frenkel, pupil and assistant of the great violin teacher Leopold Auer, and teacher of another fine Polish violinist, Henryk Szeryng.
