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)
Moines près d'un temple circulaire, 1775–1775

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Moines près d'un temple circulaire, 1775–1775

Sale Date: April 12, 1999

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Personnage près d'une statue

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Personnage près d'une statue

Sale Date: March 24, 1999

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Lavandières dans un parc

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Lavandières dans un parc

Sale Date: March 19, 1999

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Chapiteau sur le sol

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Chapiteau sur le sol

Sale Date: March 19, 1999

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Deux personnages au fond d'une gorge enjambée...

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Deux personnages au fond d'une gorge enjambée...

Sale Date: March 19, 1999

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Vue de Cori avec le temple de Castor et Pollux

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Vue de Cori avec le temple de Castor et Pollux

Sale Date: March 19, 1999

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Personnages à l'entrée d'une carrière

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Personnages à l'entrée d'une carrière

Sale Date: March 19, 1999

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Paysage animé

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Paysage animé

Sale Date: March 12, 1999

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Garde civique

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Garde civique

Sale Date: January 29, 1999

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Fantaisie égyptienne, 1760–1760

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Fantaisie égyptienne, 1760–1760

Sale Date: January 29, 1999

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A fountain with figures and statuary in , 1776–1776

Hubert Robert

A fountain with figures and statuary in , 1776–1776

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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A parkland setting with a fountain and..., 1780–1780

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A parkland setting with a fountain and..., 1780–1780

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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View of the Château d'Amboise, 1766–1766

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View of the Château d'Amboise, 1766–1766

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Figures from the Roman streets

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Figures from the Roman streets

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Rocky outcrops in a valley with trees and two...

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Rocky outcrops in a valley with trees and two...

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Architectural fantasy, with a broken obelisk and

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Architectural fantasy, with a broken obelisk and

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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Washerwomen at a well

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Washerwomen at a well

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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Landscape with the tomb of the Plautii..., 1762–1762

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Landscape with the tomb of the Plautii..., 1762–1762

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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Figures resting by a fire among Roman ruins

Hubert Robert

Figures resting by a fire among Roman ruins

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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A seated man playing a guitar, a sheet of music...

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A seated man playing a guitar, a sheet of music...

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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Christ Departing from the House of Pilate

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Christ Departing from the House of Pilate

Sale Date: January 27, 1999

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A wooded landscape with women by a well

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A wooded landscape with women by a well

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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A peasant mother and her two children warming...

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A peasant mother and her two children warming...

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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Riders and pedestrians passing through an arched

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Riders and pedestrians passing through an arched

Sale Date: December 15, 1998

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