Henri-Horace Roland Delaporte (1728-1793)

• Was a French still life painter.
• Born in Paris.
• He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Oudry.
• In 1763 he was accepted by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris as a painter of flowers and animals.
• His "reception piece" was Vase of Lapis, Sphere and Musical Instruments.
• His speciality was still life paintings of animals and fruits and trompe-l’œil.
• He also painted many still lifes of musical instruments.
• He died in Paris in 1793.
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