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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Washerwomen at the edge of a river, beneath a...

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Washerwomen at the edge of a river, beneath a...

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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Vue du château de Casa Nove, près de Terracina, 1760

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Vue du château de Casa Nove, près de Terracina, 1760

Sale Date: November 30, 2011

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Personnages et moines près du Temple de la..., 1775

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Personnages et moines près du Temple de la..., 1775

Sale Date: November 7, 2011

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Scène champêtre devant un caprice architectural

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Scène champêtre devant un caprice architectural

Sale Date: November 4, 2011

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L'Abreuvoir

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L'Abreuvoir

Sale Date: November 9, 2011

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Two soldiers resting beside a stream

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Two soldiers resting beside a stream

Sale Date: October 26, 2011

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Composition architecturale avec ruines et..., 1776

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Composition architecturale avec ruines et..., 1776

Sale Date: October 26, 2011

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Lavandières at a stream, in a classical...

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Lavandières at a stream, in a classical...

Sale Date: October 7, 2011

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Hommes et femmes discutant et transportant de la

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Hommes et femmes discutant et transportant de la

Sale Date: September 19, 2011

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Souvenir du temple de la Concorde, 1779

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Souvenir du temple de la Concorde, 1779

Sale Date: July 7, 2011

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Classical ruins with soldiers gambling

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Classical ruins with soldiers gambling

Sale Date: July 6, 2011

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The Cascade in the Gardens of the Teatro dell...

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The Cascade in the Gardens of the Teatro dell...

Sale Date: July 5, 2011

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Pêcheur tirant son casier

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Pêcheur tirant son casier

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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The courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome

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The courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Sale Date: July 5, 2011

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Lavandaie nelle terme romane

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Lavandaie nelle terme romane

Sale Date: June 19, 2011

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Porteuse d'eau dans un paysage rocheux

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Porteuse d'eau dans un paysage rocheux

Sale Date: June 17, 2011

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La découverte par Cicéron de la tombe...

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La découverte par Cicéron de la tombe...

Sale Date: June 10, 2011

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Caprice architectural avec les ruines du temple...

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Caprice architectural avec les ruines du temple...

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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Lavandières à la fontaine

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Lavandières à la fontaine

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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Bélisaire recevant l'hospitalité d'un paysan , 1787

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Bélisaire recevant l'hospitalité d'un paysan , 1787

Sale Date: June 21, 2011

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Troupeau et ruines antiques, 1799

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Troupeau et ruines antiques, 1799

Sale Date: June 21, 2011

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Mauerbogen

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Mauerbogen

Sale Date: June 15, 2011

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Caprice architectural: Ruines animées d'un..., 1770

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Caprice architectural: Ruines animées d'un..., 1770

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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Caprice architectural: Rue antique animée...

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Caprice architectural: Rue antique animée...

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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