
Robert Joseph Auguste
French Artist · 1723–1805
6 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
In the late 1700s, Robert-Joseph Auguste's works in gold, silver, and bronze were renowned throughout Europe. In 1776 an English silversmith described Auguste in a letter: "as I have not seen the best productions of Monsr Auguste I therefore presume I have seen nothing. His fame I am persweded is founded on superior Merit because I have heard so many Noblemen of good Tast concur in ye same opinion
Works
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Candelabrum (one of a pair)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1767–68
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Children with dead game
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1756
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Children with shellfish and vegetables
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1756
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Drawing for an Inkstand
Getty Museum · about 1780
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Drawing of a Ewer
Getty Museum · about 1775–1780
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Snuffbox
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1766–67
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