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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Le passage du gué

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Le passage du gué

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Les lavandières

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Les lavandières

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Cour de ferme, 1764

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Cour de ferme, 1764

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Bergers sur un chemin en escalier

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Bergers sur un chemin en escalier

Sale Date: March 27, 2014

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Quatre guerriers au cabaret

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Quatre guerriers au cabaret

Sale Date: March 19, 2014

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Personnages divers devant l'abside d'une église

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Personnages divers devant l'abside d'une église

Sale Date: March 19, 2014

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Lavandière près d'une arche de pierre et..., 1800

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Lavandière près d'une arche de pierre et..., 1800

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Vue de Notre-Dame de Paris

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Vue de Notre-Dame de Paris

Sale Date: March 26, 2014

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Seated Bather Beside a Classical Column

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Seated Bather Beside a Classical Column

Sale Date: February 7, 2014

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Les chiens favoris

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Les chiens favoris

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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La fontaine antique

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La fontaine antique

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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Project for the Pavillon de Clèves of Maupertuis

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Project for the Pavillon de Clèves of Maupertuis

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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The great archway

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The great archway

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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Landscape with painters near a waterfall, 1807

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Landscape with painters near a waterfall, 1807

Sale Date: January 30, 2014

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La Passerelle

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La Passerelle

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Ancient building with two arcades and..., 1760

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Ancient building with two arcades and..., 1760

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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The Villa Madama, 1759

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The Villa Madama, 1759

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Two sketchbook pages: A) view of the Temple of...

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Two sketchbook pages: A) view of the Temple of...

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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View of an Italian garden with a terrace and...

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View of an Italian garden with a terrace and...

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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A pavilion with a cascade within the gardens , 1763

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A pavilion with a cascade within the gardens , 1763

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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An architectural capriccio with figures..., 1761

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An architectural capriccio with figures..., 1761

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Three figure studies (3 works)

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Three figure studies (3 works)

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Two figure studies: A gentleman carrying his...

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Two figure studies: A gentleman carrying his...

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Two gentlemen conversing

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Two gentlemen conversing

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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