An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum
Hubert RobertWW-1754-069913
1754·Red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper·41.7 × 54 cm (16 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1754
- Dimensions
- 41.7 × 54 cm (16 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Hubert Robert
Artist
Hubert Robert
Painting
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.
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The Landing Place
1788 · Oil on canvas
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The Fountains
1787 · Oil on canvas
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The Old Temple
1787 · Oil on canvas
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The Obelisk
1787 · Oil on canvas
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Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781
1781 · Black chalk on ivory laid paper
WW-1781-118914
The Nest Robber
1780 · Red chalk, with touches of orange chalk, with touches of pen and brown ink, on cream laid paper, incised with a compass, laid down on blue wove board
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- Hubert Robert
- Year
- 1754
- Dimensions
- 41.7 × 54 cm (16 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1754-069913
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified