Hubert Robert

(French, 1733–1808)

Hubert Robert was a French painter best known for his landscapes and romanticized depictions of ruins. His love of dilapidated structures set within idyllic gardens led to his work as a designer for the architect < a href="/artists/richard-mique/">Richard Mique, who famously constructed Marie Antoinette’s Hameau de la Reine, the queen’s rustic retreat at Versailles. Born on May 22, 1733 in Paris, France, Robert went on to study perspective and drawing with the sculptor René-Michel Slodtz, followed by spending 11 years in Rome making sketches of ruins with Jean Honoré Fragonard and Giovanni Battista Piranesi while studying at the French Academy. The artist’s close relationship with the aristocracy during his lifetime led to him being imprisoned and nearly executed, along with some of his works and architectural designs being destroyed during the French Revolution. Today, his works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others. Robert died on April 15, 1808 in Paris, France.

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Hubert Robert (2,166 results)
Paire de paysages

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Paire de paysages

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Pécheurs et lavandières

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Pécheurs et lavandières

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Vue de la villa Borghèse

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Vue de la villa Borghèse

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Femme contemplant des ruines antiques

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Femme contemplant des ruines antiques

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Paysage à la branche cassée, 1799

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Paysage à la branche cassée, 1799

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Femme posant sur une colonne antique

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Femme posant sur une colonne antique

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Mercure

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Mercure

Sale Date: May 18, 2018

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Les ruines d'un temple bâti à Athènes; et...

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Les ruines d'un temple bâti à Athènes; et...

Sale Date: April 25, 2018

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Capriccio of an obelisk and a ruined..., 1795

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Capriccio of an obelisk and a ruined..., 1795

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples

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The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Personnages décryptant des stèles, au loin...

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Personnages décryptant des stèles, au loin...

Sale Date: March 23, 2018

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Les chantiers navals à Civitavecchia

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Les chantiers navals à Civitavecchia

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Études de figures

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Études de figures

Sale Date: March 21, 2018

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Le cascate di Tivoli

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Le cascate di Tivoli

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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FIGURES ON HORSEBACK DEPARTING A RUINED, VAULTED

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FIGURES ON HORSEBACK DEPARTING A RUINED, VAULTED

Sale Date: February 1, 2018

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GROTTA DI POSILLIPO

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GROTTA DI POSILLIPO

Sale Date: February 1, 2018

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A PEASANT FAMILY BY A BEACON ON A POLE

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A PEASANT FAMILY BY A BEACON ON A POLE

Sale Date: January 31, 2018

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A boy climbing a tree with a woman and..., 1780–1789

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A boy climbing a tree with a woman and..., 1780–1789

Sale Date: January 30, 2018

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Paysage imaginaire de la villa Borghèse

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Paysage imaginaire de la villa Borghèse

Sale Date: December 20, 2017

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Pont surmonté d'une tour en ruines

Hubert Robert

Pont surmonté d'une tour en ruines

Sale Date: December 3, 2017

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La Sagesse antique

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La Sagesse antique

Sale Date: November 14, 2017

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Pont du Gard, near Nimes France, 1787

After Hubert Robert

Pont du Gard, near Nimes France, 1787

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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Pêcheurs sur un lac, près d'une villa

Hubert Robert

Pêcheurs sur un lac, près d'une villa

Sale Date: November 14, 2017

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Les bûcherons, Personnages près d'une rivière (2

Hubert Robert

Les bûcherons, Personnages près d'une rivière (2

Sale Date: October 18, 2017

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