Nicolas Delobel

His acquaintance with Louis de Boullogne appears to have facilitated his visit to the French Academy in Rome. There he met and became a pupil of Nicolas Vleughels, who became director of the Academy in 1724. He became a friend of the sculptor Edmé Bouchardon, who helped him return to Paris. He was accepted into the French Royal Academy of Painting in 1737.^[1] He is known for his vedute of the surroundings of Rome.^[2]