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French, 18th century, male.

Born 22 March 1705, in Nancy; died 27 March 1778, in Paris.

Sculptor, art restorer, decorative designer.

The second son of Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien Adam left Nancy at the age of 16 and went to continue his studies in Paris. He made rapid progress and became widely known. The treasurer general of Languedoc summoned him to the Château de La Mosson, near Montpellier, and commissioned him to embellish his château with sculptures. He remained there for four years and in ...

Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.

Active in Rome.

Sculptor. Monuments.

Taught at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and was responsible chiefly for the restoration of ancient monuments and sculptures. He was known still to be alive in 1807. In 1780 he was commissioned by Catherine the Great of Russia to sculpt the tomb of Raffael Mengs in St Peter's, Rome....

French, 18th century, male.

Active in Paris.

Sculptor.

Albert played an important part in the work carried out for the Prince de Condé between 1768 and 1774 on the Hôtel de Lassay and the Palais-Bourbon, especially the restoration of the ten groups of children placed along the balustrade of the palace roof....

Italian, 18th century, male.

Painter, art restorer.

In a letter addressed to the Duke of Hamilton, the landscape painter P. Hackert sings the praises of Friedrich Anders as a painting restorer. Anders is known to have been retained by the King of Naples around 1797...

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born in Rome.

Sculptor.

Worked under Valadier in 1800 on the restoration of the baptismal fonts in Orvieto Cathedral.

Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.

Active in Naples.

Sculptor.

Records of the Bourbon court for 1791 list him as a 'marbler'. He is known to have worked from 1799 to 1805 on the restoration of sculptures uncovered during archaeological excavations.

Swiss, 18th century, male.

Active in Basel.

Painter.

In 1710, Benedikt Becker worked with his brother, Hans Georg Becker, on the restoration of Jean Bock's frescoes at Basel Town Hall.

Swiss, 18th century, male.

Active in Baselc.1710-1711.

Painter, decorative designer.

Hans Georg Becker worked with his brother, Benedikt, on the restoration of the frescoes in Basel Town Hall.

Italian, 18th century, male.

Active in Milan.

Died 1744.

Painter, art restorer. Religious subjects.

He painted various church altarpieces and restored older works, including Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. However, the restoration of Leonardo's celebrated painting is of such poor quality that the contribution of Michelangelo Bellotti and others is probably to be deplored rather than applauded. One of Bellotti's own paintings, ...

German, 18th century, male.

Active in Augsburg during the first half of the 18th century.

Sculptor.

This artist, who taught Leonhard Riedlinger, produced numerous sculptures for the restoration of the Dominican convent in Augsburg.

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born in Genoa; died 1766, in Genoa.

Painter.

Michelangelo Bertolotto the Younger was the son of Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotto. Although less talented than his father, he was - according to Soprani - a skilful restorer.

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Died 1827, in Paris.

Painter, lithographer.

He trained at the art school in Montpellier and gained a second-class medal in 1824. He was appointed director of the restoration of paintings at the Louvre in 1816. At the 1799 Salon he exhibited ...

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1770, in Paris; died 1846.

Engraver.

He engraved medals of the major personalities and events of the Empire, the Restoration, and the July Monarchy.

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 11 February 1763, in Toulon; died 28 February 1831, in Toulon.

Sculptor, draughtsman, art restorer. Religious subjects, seascapes. Decorative schemes.

Brun first studied sculpture at the workshop of the Port of Toulon, before moving to Rome in 1782, where he spent six months perfecting his art with the Roman masters of the day. With no means to support himself, he eventually returned to France. Two years later, influential patrons secured him a grant from the King, enabling him to study in Italy for a further four years. Upon his return to Toulon in ...

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Painter.

Pierre Carlier was also a picture-restorer in Paris.

Dutch, 18th century, male.

Born 1732, in The Hague.

Painter, art restorer. Portraits.

Hendrik Carré studied with his father Johannes Carré. He painted a portrait of the Princess of Orange, and restored paintings.

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born c. 1716, in Rome; died 1799, in Rome.

Sculptor.

Pupil of Monnot. He was an antique dealer and devoted most of his time to restoration work. He was friendly with Winckelmann and worked a great deal for Cardinal Albani. His (relatively few) works are mostly Baroque in style. Best known for his ...

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born 1727, in Florence; died 1785 or 1790, in London.

Painter, engraver, draughtsman, art restorer. Religious subjects, mythological subjects, portraits.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani's family were from Pistoia. He was a pupil of Bartolozzi, and perfected his drawing technique by studying the work of Gabbiani. Cipriani was buried in Chelsea cemetery in London, beneath a monument by Bartolozzi. In 1750, he painted the organ screen in the school of the convent of S Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi. Around Pistoia, he painted a ...

Italian, 18th century, male.

Active in Padua in the middle of the 18th century.

Painter, art restorer.

German, 18th century, male.

Born 18th century, in Linz.

Painter, miniaturist. Portraits.

Known above all as a miniaturist, he produced three portraits for the convent of St Florian, where he became the painter-restorer. He exhibited a miniature in 1809 at the jubilee exhibition of the Altertumsverein of Mannheim entitled ...