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Hubert Robert

1733–1808

WA-00042180

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None documented

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Works in Collection

141

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ548205

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Early Museum Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934

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2 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/36407
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Hubert Robert was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (18)

Wandering Minstrels

1777 · Oil on canvas

68 3/4 x 48 1/4 in. (174.6 x 122.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Swing

1777 · Oil on canvas

68 1/4 x 34 5/8 in. (173.4 x 87.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili

1774 · Pen and black ink and watercolor with black chalk underdrawing and heightened with white gouache on cream laid paper

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Return of the Cattle

1773 · Oil on canvas

80 3/4 x 48 in. (205.1 x 121.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Portico of a Country Mansion

1773 · Oil on canvas

80 3/4 x 48 1/4 in. (205.1 x 122.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vaulted Staircase

1765 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink

Sheet: 44.1 x 28.2 cm (17 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Secondary Support: 52.9 x 38.7 cm (20 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave

1764 · oil on canvas

Framed: 56 x 47.5 x 6 cm (22 1/16 x 18 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 33.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Les Soirées de Rome: Le Buste

1764 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo

1764 · oil on canvas

Framed: 56 x 47.5 x 6 cm (22 1/16 x 18 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 33.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Grotto of Posillipo

1764 · oil on canvas

Framed: 56 x 47.5 x 6 cm (22 1/16 x 18 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 42.6 x 33.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Antique Gallery

1763 · etching

Platemark: 13.8 x 9.3 cm (5 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Border: 13.1 x 8.4 cm (5 3/16 x 3 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Staande geboeide galeislaaf

1754 · pen on chalk, ink, paper

width: 66 cm, height: 210 cm

Rijksmuseum

Torero met sombrero zwaaiend

1754 · brush on chalk, ink, paper

height: 233 cm, width: 178 cm

Rijksmuseum

Dichtgemetseld Gothisch portaal

1754 · paper, chalk

width: 193 cm, height: 178 cm

Rijksmuseum

Villa Albani te Rome

1754 · chalk, paper

height: 190 cm, width: 245 cm

Rijksmuseum

A Colonnade in Ruins

1753 · Oil on canvas

23 x 61 1/8 in. (58.4 x 155.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Aqueduct in Ruins

1753 · Oil on canvas

32 1/8 x 54 1/8 in. (81.6 x 137.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arches in Ruins

1753 · Oil on canvas

23 1/8 x 61 1/4 in. (58.7 x 155.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

18 published of 118 catalogued · 49 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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+ 2 more sources · 100 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

The Antique Gallery
1763 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Dichtgemetseld Gothisch portaal
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Villa Albani te Rome
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Torero met sombrero zwaaiend
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Staande geboeide galeislaaf
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Les Soirées de Rome: Le Buste
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Vaulted Staircase
1765 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili
1774 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Grotto of Posillipo
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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