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originates. In these works, painters are represented wearing fantastical "Oriental" costumes which were very much in vogue during the mid-18th century. In this regard, Barbault became one of the earliest proponents of the representation of traditional costume, a custom that became fashionable and was
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Many of his works are small paintings depicting individual figures, either
Italian women, or his fellow artists. He notably executed a series of sketches and paintings of French artists who participated in the Turkish mascarade organized in 1748 to mark the Carnival of the French Academy in Rome. For
125:(c. 1718–1762) was a French painter, etcher and printmaker, who worked in Rome for most of his life. He is noted for paintings of local people, wearing traditional costumes or Oriental costumes and for his work documenting iconic Roman monuments and antiquities which were published in two volumes.
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In 1745 he failed to win the Prix de Rome, but travelled to Rome in 1747 at his own expense and survived by undertaking engraving work. He spent most of his career in Italy, where he lived from around 1747. There, he was admitted to the
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An exhibition of his work was held in
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Barbault not only produced individual paintings, engravings and sketches, but he also worked as an illustrator and published two folios of etchings documenting iconic Roman monuments and antiquities.
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As a painter, Barbault has never been well known, and has been described as a "minor talent." He is perhaps better known for his etchings, especially the two sets of prints he published, namely:
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One of his larger works in oil on paper – almost four metres wide – depicts a group of artists taking part in a carnival procession entitled
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on himself. It is very similar in attitude and appearance to a figure that appears on the far right of
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at Besançon. He also painted scenes of ruins in a style similar that of
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both published in folio form. He also made a few engravings, including
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which is also believed to be based on a likeness of the artist.
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