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 Moulin-Joli

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le Moulin-Joli

Sale Date: July 6, 2022

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Attributed to Hubert Robert

PAAR ARCHITEKTURCAPRICCI

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Étude de personnages et d'un chien couché

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Étude de personnages et d'un chien couché

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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La piscine dans les thermes

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La piscine dans les thermes

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Un moulin à eau avec homme se tenant sur un pont

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Un moulin à eau avec homme se tenant sur un pont

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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An architectural capriccio with ruins | Caprice...

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An architectural capriccio with ruins | Caprice...

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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The Waterfall | La cascade

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The Waterfall | La cascade

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Le palais à l’orée d’un bois ; L’obélisque à la...

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Le palais à l’orée d’un bois ; L’obélisque à la...

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Paysage à l'obélisque et à la colonnade, 1779

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Paysage à l'obélisque et à la colonnade, 1779

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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La grotte du Pausilippe

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La grotte du Pausilippe

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Caprice de ruines antiques, animées de sept..., 1787

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Caprice de ruines antiques, animées de sept..., 1787

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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A Serenade in a Garden

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A Serenade in a Garden

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a..., 1772

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Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a..., 1772

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Promenade au jet d'eau

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Promenade au jet d'eau

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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Lavandières près d’un aqueduc

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Lavandières près d’un aqueduc

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Gardens of Versailles, 1700–1799

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Gardens of Versailles, 1700–1799

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Vue du forum Romain avec le temple de Castor et...

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Vue du forum Romain avec le temple de Castor et...

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Carnet de dessins contenant la..., 1797–1807

Hubert Robert

Carnet de dessins contenant la..., 1797–1807

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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PAAR ARCHITEKTURCAPRICCI

Hubert Robert

PAAR ARCHITEKTURCAPRICCI

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Lavandières près d'une fontaine à la vasque...

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Lavandières près d'une fontaine à la vasque...

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Lavandières au puits

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Lavandières au puits

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Le cavalier endormi ; Le cavalier en..., 1750–1799

Circle of Hubert Robert

Le cavalier endormi ; Le cavalier en..., 1750–1799

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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L'Arc de triomphe et le Théâtre d'Orange

Style of Hubert Robert

L'Arc de triomphe et le Théâtre d'Orange

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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Stairs in a park in Italy

Hubert Robert

Stairs in a park in Italy

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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