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(3) Henriette-Felicité Tassaert [Robert]
(b Paris, 5 April 1766; d Berlin, 6 Aug 1818). Pastellist and engraver, daughter of (1) Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. She studied under her father before entering the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, where she worked under Johann Christoph Frisch and Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, then continued her training under Anton Graff. In 1787 she became an honorary member of the Akademie in Berlin and in 1792 she married the French lawyer Louis Robert. She specialized in pastel portraits, depicting such famous Berlin figures as J. C. Duport, Director and cellist of the Royal Opera in Berlin (Berlin, Kupferstichkab.), and members of the Prussian royal family, notably Frederick the Great, a portrait that was engraved by Henriette’s brother (2) Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert.
Part of the Tassaert family
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