Jean Balthasar de la Traverse (1752 - 1808)

Jean Balthasar de la Traverse

Jean Balthasar de la Traverse was a Russian painter of French origin in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is known as a landscape painter and battle-painter.

Jean Balthasar de la Traverse worked in Russia in 1778-1798. He was a theater actor and a part-time draughtsman, working in the genre of landscape in watercolor technique. The artist traveled a lot and painted views of cities, monasteries, estates. More than 200 drawings were included in his album "Traveling through Russia painter. The master saved for history the appearance of many objects that have not survived to our time.