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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Vue de la villa Giustiniani à Rome

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Vue de la villa Giustiniani à Rome

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

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Le prêcheur

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Le prêcheur

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

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Intérieur de l'Église de Saint-Denis

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Intérieur de l'Église de Saint-Denis

Sale Date: June 27, 2002

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Pêcheurs et lavandières au pied des Cascatelles...

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Pêcheurs et lavandières au pied des Cascatelles...

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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Étude de personnages

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Étude de personnages

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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Romain drapé dans une toge

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Romain drapé dans une toge

Sale Date: June 25, 2002

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Cour intérieure du palais Farnèse à Caprarola

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Cour intérieure du palais Farnèse à Caprarola

Sale Date: June 25, 2002

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Gentilhomme devant l'escalier d'un..., 1820–1820

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Gentilhomme devant l'escalier d'un..., 1820–1820

Sale Date: June 26, 2002

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Dessinateurs dans les ruines de la villa Madame

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Dessinateurs dans les ruines de la villa Madame

Sale Date: June 18, 2002

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Washerwomen at a fountain

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Washerwomen at a fountain

Sale Date: June 5, 2002

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Italienische Landschaft mit einem Reiter an...

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Italienische Landschaft mit einem Reiter an...

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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A capriccio view of the Temple of Vesta with...

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A capriccio view of the Temple of Vesta with...

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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A capriccio view of the Pantheon with figures...

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A capriccio view of the Pantheon with figures...

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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A rocky landscape with a waterfall and..., 1796–1796

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A rocky landscape with a waterfall and..., 1796–1796

Sale Date: April 17, 2002

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Vasque romaine dans un paysage, 1758–1758

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Vasque romaine dans un paysage, 1758–1758

Sale Date: March 21, 2002

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Une vue d'une villa italienne, avec des cyprès...

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Une vue d'une villa italienne, avec des cyprès...

Sale Date: March 21, 2002

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Un dessinateur assis à une table, de profil à...

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Un dessinateur assis à une table, de profil à...

Sale Date: March 22, 2002

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Étude pour un frontispice, 1760–1760

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Étude pour un frontispice, 1760–1760

Sale Date: March 8, 2002

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A capriccio with Roman ruins, 1758–1759

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A capriccio with Roman ruins, 1758–1759

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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L'incendie de l'Opéra au Palais Royal, 1781–1781

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L'incendie de l'Opéra au Palais Royal, 1781–1781

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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La crique, 1782–1782

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La crique, 1782–1782

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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Shepherds in a grotto beneath a house

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Shepherds in a grotto beneath a house

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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A hermit praying in the ruins of a..., 1786–1786

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A hermit praying in the ruins of a..., 1786–1786

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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Hubert Robert in his cell in the prison of St....

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Hubert Robert in his cell in the prison of St....

Sale Date: January 24, 2002

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