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Hubert Robert

1733

WA-00119774

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Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1978-168-39
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (21)

The Landing Place

1788 · Oil on canvas

255 × 222.9 cm (100 7/8 × 87 3/4 in.); Framed: 265.5 × 233.4 cm (104 1/2 × 91 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Temple

1787 · Oil on canvas

255 × 223.2 cm (100 3/8 × 87 7/8 in.); Framed: 265.5 × 233.4 cm (104 1/2 × 91 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Obelisk

1787 · Oil on canvas

255.6 × 223.5 cm (100 7/8 × 88 in.); Framed: 265.5 × 233.4 cm (104 1/2 × 91 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fountains

1787 · Oil on canvas

255.3 × 221.2 cm (100 1/2 × 88 1/8 in.); Framed: 265.5 × 233.4 cm (104 1/2 × 91 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interior with a Couple Before a Chimney-Piece

1775 · Graphite and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove board

49.2 × 31 cm (19 3/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

Huifkar in de Campagna

1765 · brush on watercolor (paint), ink, chalk, paper

width: 243 cm, height: 102 cm

Rijksmuseum

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

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

Les Soirées de Rome: Le Buste

1764 · etching

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

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

Gezicht in een park met een Venusbeeld

1760 · paper, chalk

width: 245 cm, height: 317 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

Staande jonge vrouw met een kap op het hoofd

1754 · brush on watercolor (paint), paper, chalk, ink

width: 86 cm, height: 113 cm

Rijksmuseum

An Olive Oil Press

1754 · Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

28.9 × 36.6 cm (11 7/16 × 14 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Torero met sombrero zwaaiend

1754 · brush on chalk, ink, paper

height: 233 cm, width: 178 cm

Rijksmuseum

Staande geboeide galeislaaf

1754 · pen on chalk, ink, paper

width: 66 cm, height: 210 cm

Rijksmuseum

Fountain in the Park

1750 · Red chalk, on off-white laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

30.9 × 43.8 cm (12 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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21 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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10 entries · 1 sources

Dichtgemetseld Gothisch portaal
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Villa Albani te Rome
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Staande jonge vrouw met een kap op het hoofd
1754 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Huifkar in de Campagna
1765 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Gezicht in een park met een Venusbeeld
1760 · 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
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The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Vaulted Staircase
1765 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Grotto of Posillipo
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Group Exhibition Early Museum Architecture

New York · 1934