Evenings in Rome
Hubert RobertWW-1763-126598
1763·Suite of eight etchings in black on ivory laid paper, with two additional etchings in black on ivory laid paper, all ten laid down on ivory laid paper·Average of images of the suite of eight: 12.9 × 8.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Averages of plate/primary supports of the suite of eight: 13.7 × 9.8 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower left print: 6 × 9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower right print: 4 × 5.5 cm (1 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 37 × 26.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1763
- Dimensions
- Average of images of the suite of eight: 12.9 × 8.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Averages of plate/primary supports of the suite of eight: 13.7 × 9.8 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower left print: 6 × 9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower right print: 4 × 5.5 cm (1 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 37 × 26.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/16 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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- Hubert Robert
- Year
- 1763
- Dimensions
- Average of images of the suite of eight: 12.9 × 8.7 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Averages of plate/primary supports of the suite of eight: 13.7 × 9.8 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower left print: 6 × 9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark; lower right print: 4 × 5.5 cm (1 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 37 × 26.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1763-126598
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified