Johannes Echarius Carolus or Jean Eugène Charles Alberti (bapt. 20 June 1777 - after 1843), was a

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painter of Italian descent who worked in

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for most of his life.

Life

Alberti was born in

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. He studied first in

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, where he had moved at the age of five, and then at Paris under

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, and afterwards in

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, where he copied the works of Guido Reni and Anthony van Dyck. He subsequently returned and settled in Paris. He left Paris in 1843, presumably returning to the Netherlands, but the date of his death is not recorded. ''Marius among the Ruins of Carthage'', painted in 1805, gained him a gold medal. Alberti made engravings both from his own works and from those of the Italian masters. File:Joannes EC Alberti - Krijgsman met lans en schild 1808.jpg, ''Warrior with shield and lance'' (1808) File:Joannes EC Alberti - Krijgsman met getrokken zwaard 1808.jpg, ''Warrior with drawn sword'' (1808) File:Jean Eugène Charles Alberti 001.jpg, ''Proculeius preventing Cleopatra from stabbing herself'' (1810)

References

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Alberti, Jean Eugène Charles
at the RKD databases 1777 births 1840s deaths Dutch painters Dutch male painters Artists from Maastricht Pupils of Jacques-Louis David Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners 18th-century Dutch people 19th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-painter-stub