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)
A capriccio with washerwomen around a classical...

Hubert Robert

A capriccio with washerwomen around a classical...

Sale Date: May 25, 2000

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Drovers and their livestock before a..., 1778–1778

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Drovers and their livestock before a..., 1778–1778

Sale Date: May 23, 2000

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Autoportrait en prison, 1792–1793

Hubert Robert

Autoportrait en prison, 1792–1793

Sale Date: May 23, 2000

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A man holding a basket

Hubert Robert

A man holding a basket

Sale Date: April 18, 2000

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A mother and child embracing by a cottage window

Hubert Robert

A mother and child embracing by a cottage window

Sale Date: April 18, 2000

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Rome, a view of the falls at Tivoli with two...

Circle of Hubert Robert

Rome, a view of the falls at Tivoli with two...

Sale Date: April 18, 2000

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Figures washing clothes in a pool underneath an...

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Figures washing clothes in a pool underneath an...

Sale Date: April 18, 2000

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Paisaje con ruinas

Hubert Robert

Paisaje con ruinas

Sale Date: April 3, 2000

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Dessinateurs dans les ruines de Palatin

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Dessinateurs dans les ruines de Palatin

Sale Date: March 31, 2000

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Deux chevaux se désaltérant à l'abreuvoir dans...

Hubert Robert

Deux chevaux se désaltérant à l'abreuvoir dans...

Sale Date: March 31, 2000

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Homme habillé d'un grand drapé, assis, 1809

Hubert Robert

Homme habillé d'un grand drapé, assis, 1809

Sale Date: March 29, 2000

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Les peintres aux pieds des ruines

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Les peintres aux pieds des ruines

Sale Date: March 27, 2000

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Washerwoman seated among classical ruins

Hubert Robert

Washerwoman seated among classical ruins

Sale Date: February 3, 2000

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A great colonnaded building, the roof partly...

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A great colonnaded building, the roof partly...

Sale Date: January 28, 2000

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A landscape with figures and ruins

Hubert Robert

A landscape with figures and ruins

Sale Date: January 28, 2000

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A capriccio with the Temple of the Sybil at...

Hubert Robert

A capriccio with the Temple of the Sybil at...

Sale Date: January 28, 2000

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A courtyard at the Villa Pamphilj, Rome, 1762–1762

Hubert Robert

A courtyard at the Villa Pamphilj, Rome, 1762–1762

Sale Date: January 28, 2000

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Capriccios of Roman ruins with figures..., 1755–1759

Hubert Robert

Capriccios of Roman ruins with figures..., 1755–1759

Sale Date: January 27, 2000

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La cascade: A landscape with a..., 1799–1799

Hubert Robert

La cascade: A landscape with a..., 1799–1799

Sale Date: January 27, 2000

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Washerwomen in a stream by a rustic cottage

Hubert Robert

Washerwomen in a stream by a rustic cottage

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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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 26, 2000

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The courtyard of a Roman palace, with boys by a...

Hubert Robert

The courtyard of a Roman palace, with boys by a...

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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Domestic variety of a mallard duck

Hubert Robert

Domestic variety of a mallard duck

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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Domestic variety of a mallard duck

Hubert Robert

Domestic variety of a mallard duck

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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