Charles-Louis Clérisseau
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Charles-Louis Clérisseau was a French architect, draughtsman, antiquary, and artist who became a leading authority on ancient Roman architecture and Roman ruins in Italy and France.
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![Classical Scene[2] (1769), private collection.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Clerisseau--capriccio--Tivoli--1769--liveauctioneers.jpg/1280px-Clerisseau--capriccio--Tivoli--1769--liveauctioneers.jpg)
Classical Scene[2] (1769), private collection.
Pier Leone Ghezzi's caricature of Clérisseau when he was a student at the French Academy in Rome (1752), British Museum.
Profile of Clérisseau sketched by an anonymous artist in 1809, Musée Carnavalet
Portrait of Clérisseau, unknown artist, Musée Carnavalet.
Presumed portrait of Clérisseau by Angelica Kauffmann, late 1790s, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Charles-Louis Clérisseau was a French architect, draughtsman, antiquary, and artist who became a leading authority on ancient Roman architecture and Roman ruins in Italy and France. With his influence extending to Russia, England, and the United States, and clients including Catherine the Great and Thomas Jefferson, Clérisseau played a key role in the genesis of neoclassical architecture during the second half of the 18th century.
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