Martin Drolling * (French, 1752-1817)

Martin Drolling (Oberhergheim, September 19, 1752 Paris, April 16, 1817, aka Drolling the Elder) was a French painter. He was father to Michel Martin Drolling, and to Louise-Adéone Drölling, one of the few successful female painters of the time.
Biography
Portrait of his son Michel Martin Drolling as a drummer boy
Martin Drolling, a native of Oberhergheim, near Colmar, was born in 1752. He received his first lessons in art from an obscure painter of Schlestadt, but afterwards went to Paris and entered the École des Beaux-Arts.
He usually painted interiors and familiar subjects of general interest. His works were popular during his lifetime, and many were engraved and lithographed. He died in Paris in 1817. The Louvre has paintings a 'Woman at a window' and a 'Violin-Player' by Drolling.
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