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)
Figures at the foot of a waterfall

Circle of Hubert Robert

Figures at the foot of a waterfall

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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A fallen classical statue of a female figure

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A fallen classical statue of a female figure

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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The Temple of Serapides at Pozzuli

Hubert Robert

The Temple of Serapides at Pozzuli

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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The shipyards at Cività Vecchia, the port of Rome

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The shipyards at Cività Vecchia, the port of Rome

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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A group of figures around a fire at night

Hubert Robert

A group of figures around a fire at night

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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Personnages dans une ruine antique, 1760–1769

Hubert Robert

Personnages dans une ruine antique, 1760–1769

Sale Date: June 28, 1999

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Vue du château et du parc de Mereville..., 1791–1791

Hubert Robert

Vue du château et du parc de Mereville..., 1791–1791

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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Pêcheurs ramassant leurs filets au soleil levant

Hubert Robert

Pêcheurs ramassant leurs filets au soleil levant

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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Le départ du navire

Circle of Hubert Robert

Le départ du navire

Sale Date: June 21, 1999

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La route de la Roche Guyon

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La route de la Roche Guyon

Sale Date: June 14, 1999

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Le Capitole

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Le Capitole

Sale Date: June 4, 1999

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Capriccio di rovine antiche con statue classiche

Circle of Hubert Robert

Capriccio di rovine antiche con statue classiche

Sale Date: June 1, 1999

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A capriccio with washerwomen around a classical...

Hubert Robert

A capriccio with washerwomen around a classical...

Sale Date: May 28, 1999

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A vaulted loggia with a tomb

Hubert Robert

A vaulted loggia with a tomb

Sale Date: May 25, 1999

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Galerie d'un palais

Hubert Robert

Galerie d'un palais

Sale Date: May 18, 1999

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Voûte en ruine

Hubert Robert

Voûte en ruine

Sale Date: May 18, 1999

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A young man playing ball

Hubert Robert

A young man playing ball

Sale Date: April 16, 1999

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A seated woman looking down towards a basket

Hubert Robert

A seated woman looking down towards a basket

Sale Date: April 16, 1999

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Laundry maids outside a classical villa

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Laundry maids outside a classical villa

Sale Date: April 14, 1999

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A washerwoman by a pool with other figures...

Follower of Hubert Robert

A washerwoman by a pool with other figures...

Sale Date: April 14, 1999

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A classical garden with washerwomen by a fountain

In the manner of Hubert Robert

A classical garden with washerwomen by a fountain

Sale Date: April 14, 1999

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Deux femmes dont l'une s'apprête à couronner un...

Hubert Robert

Deux femmes dont l'une s'apprête à couronner un...

Sale Date: April 12, 1999

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Tivoli, Temple de Sibylle et cascatelle

Hubert Robert

Tivoli, Temple de Sibylle et cascatelle

Sale Date: April 12, 1999

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Forum, colonnes du Temple Castor et Pollux et...

Hubert Robert

Forum, colonnes du Temple Castor et Pollux et...

Sale Date: April 12, 1999

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