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)
Canal bordé d'une colonnade

Hubert Robert

Canal bordé d'une colonnade

Sale Date: December 14, 1998

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Landscape vista with figures travelling a path

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Landscape vista with figures travelling a path

Sale Date: December 5, 1998

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Personnages sur une terrasse devant la..., 1737–1755

Hubert Robert

Personnages sur une terrasse devant la..., 1737–1755

Sale Date: December 4, 1998

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Scène représentant une lavandière et des...

In the manner of Hubert Robert

Scène représentant une lavandière et des...

Sale Date: November 30, 1998

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Galerie d'un palais

Hubert Robert

Galerie d'un palais

Sale Date: November 26, 1998

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Voûte en ruine

Hubert Robert

Voûte en ruine

Sale Date: November 26, 1998

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Paysage à la cascatelle et chaumière en ruine...

Hubert Robert

Paysage à la cascatelle et chaumière en ruine...

Sale Date: November 25, 1998

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Figures in a terraced garden by a fountain

Follower of Hubert Robert

Figures in a terraced garden by a fountain

Sale Date: October 28, 1998

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A washerwomen by a pool and other figures...

Follower of Hubert Robert

A washerwomen by a pool and other figures...

Sale Date: October 28, 1998

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An artist sketching a lady beneath a terrace in...

In the manner of Hubert Robert

An artist sketching a lady beneath a terrace in...

Sale Date: October 28, 1998

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Landscape with figures in ruins

Follower of Hubert Robert

Landscape with figures in ruins

Sale Date: October 14, 1998

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Interior of a building with an old man..., 1793–1793

Hubert Robert

Interior of a building with an old man..., 1793–1793

Sale Date: October 14, 1998

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A shepherd by a classical ruin

Circle of Hubert Robert

A shepherd by a classical ruin

Sale Date: September 26, 1998

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Elegant cavalry men passing a ruined..., 1745–1745

Follower of Hubert Robert

Elegant cavalry men passing a ruined..., 1745–1745

Sale Date: September 2, 1998

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An Italianate landscape with peasants on a...

Attributed to Hubert Robert

An Italianate landscape with peasants on a...

Sale Date: July 10, 1998

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A parkland capriccio in the grounds of the...

Hubert Robert

A parkland capriccio in the grounds of the...

Sale Date: July 9, 1998

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An architectural capriccio with the Roman ruins,

Hubert Robert

An architectural capriccio with the Roman ruins,

Sale Date: July 9, 1998

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A capriccio of classical ruins with soldiers and

Hubert Robert

A capriccio of classical ruins with soldiers and

Sale Date: July 9, 1998

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A capriccio with soldiers gathered around a...

Hubert Robert

A capriccio with soldiers gathered around a...

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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Figures rushing from the ruins of a pyramid

Hubert Robert

Figures rushing from the ruins of a pyramid

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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Figures at a ferry below a bridge

Hubert Robert

Figures at a ferry below a bridge

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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View of the colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome

Attributed to Hubert Robert

View of the colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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A capriccio of Roman ruins, a triumphal arch to...

Hubert Robert

A capriccio of Roman ruins, a triumphal arch to...

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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An Italianate landscape with elegant figures by...

Circle of Hubert Robert

An Italianate landscape with elegant figures by...

Sale Date: July 8, 1998

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