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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Women bathing in a river by a fortified castle

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Women bathing in a river by a fortified castle

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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Peasants at a well, the colosseum beyond

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Peasants at a well, the colosseum beyond

Sale Date: January 26, 2000

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Les lavandières près du pont

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Les lavandières près du pont

Sale Date: January 24, 2000

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Sarcophage brisé

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Sarcophage brisé

Sale Date: December 17, 1999

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Homme pointant du doigt une femme

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Homme pointant du doigt une femme

Sale Date: December 17, 1999

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Venus and a nymph crowning Cupid with roses

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Venus and a nymph crowning Cupid with roses

Sale Date: December 15, 1999

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A man and farm animals by classical ruins

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A man and farm animals by classical ruins

Sale Date: December 15, 1999

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Washerwomen and other figures amid Roman ruins...

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Washerwomen and other figures amid Roman ruins...

Sale Date: December 14, 1999

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Personnages parmi les ruines, 1786–1786

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Personnages parmi les ruines, 1786–1786

Sale Date: December 13, 1999

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Les marchands orientaux au pied de..., 1783–1783

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Les marchands orientaux au pied de..., 1783–1783

Sale Date: December 10, 1999

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Moisson dans la campagne romaine, 1807–1807

Hubert Robert

Moisson dans la campagne romaine, 1807–1807

Sale Date: December 10, 1999

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Escalier de pierre avec des personnages

Hubert Robert

Escalier de pierre avec des personnages

Sale Date: November 30, 1999

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Ruines animées

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Ruines animées

Sale Date: November 26, 1999

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Antique ruins with soldiers and other figures...

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Antique ruins with soldiers and other figures...

Sale Date: October 28, 1999

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Washerwomen at a fountain

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Washerwomen at a fountain

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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A gorge with figures on a rock above a..., 1794–1794

Hubert Robert

A gorge with figures on a rock above a..., 1794–1794

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Young women and a boy at a ruined Roman well

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Young women and a boy at a ruined Roman well

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Figures on horseback leaving a ruined vaulted...

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Figures on horseback leaving a ruined vaulted...

Sale Date: July 8, 1999

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Figures by the statue of Minerva in the park of...

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Figures by the statue of Minerva in the park of...

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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A classical funerary monument

Hubert Robert

A classical funerary monument

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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View within a circular collonade, 1758–1758

Hubert Robert

View within a circular collonade, 1758–1758

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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A cloaked figure standing between a sarcophagus...

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A cloaked figure standing between a sarcophagus...

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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Two gardeners studying the statue of Minerva at...

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Two gardeners studying the statue of Minerva at...

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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View of Tivoli

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View of Tivoli

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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