Martin Drolling (1752 – 1817)

• Was a French painter.
• He was father to Michel Martin Drolling, and to Louise-Adéone Drolling, also known as Madame Joubert, one of the few successful female painters of the time.
• He received his first lessons in art from an obscure painter of Schlestadt.
• Afterwards went to Paris and entered the École des Beaux-Arts.
• He died in Paris in 1817.
• The Louvre has by him a 'Woman at a window ' and a 'Violin-Player.'
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