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)
Paysage montagneux avec torrents déferlant en...

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Paysage montagneux avec torrents déferlant en...

Sale Date: March 24, 1998

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Vue de la Villa Giustiniani à Rome

Hubert Robert

Vue de la Villa Giustiniani à Rome

Sale Date: March 18, 1998

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An Egyptian stele surmounted by a vase in a niche

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An Egyptian stele surmounted by a vase in a niche

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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Landscape with a palace, a woman,..., 1797–1797

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Landscape with a palace, a woman,..., 1797–1797

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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Landscape with washerwomen beneath an..., 1805–1805

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Landscape with washerwomen beneath an..., 1805–1805

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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Belisarius begging beneath a portico by the...

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Belisarius begging beneath a portico by the...

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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A young bather near a column

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A young bather near a column

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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A watermill in a landscape, 1765–1765

Hubert Robert

A watermill in a landscape, 1765–1765

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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A shepherdess picking flowers

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A shepherdess picking flowers

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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A broken sarcophagus

Hubert Robert

A broken sarcophagus

Sale Date: January 30, 1998

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Les blanchisseuses au bas de l'escalier d'eau

Style of Hubert Robert

Les blanchisseuses au bas de l'escalier d'eau

Sale Date: December 15, 1997

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Ruinen an einem Gewässer

Style of Hubert Robert

Ruinen an einem Gewässer

Sale Date: December 6, 1997

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Südliche Landschaft mit Ruinen und Hirtenstaffage

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Südliche Landschaft mit Ruinen und Hirtenstaffage

Sale Date: December 6, 1997

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Personnages dans un intérieur avec une..., 1793–1793

Hubert Robert

Personnages dans un intérieur avec une..., 1793–1793

Sale Date: November 30, 1997

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Personnages et sculpture antique sous une voûte

Hubert Robert

Personnages et sculpture antique sous une voûte

Sale Date: November 25, 1997

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Cavalier à la fontaine

Hubert Robert

Cavalier à la fontaine

Sale Date: November 4, 1997

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Les soins maternels

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Les soins maternels

Sale Date: November 4, 1997

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A view of the falls at Tivoli

Follower of Hubert Robert

A view of the falls at Tivoli

Sale Date: October 29, 1997

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Landscape with a view of a river and stone tower

Hubert Robert

Landscape with a view of a river and stone tower

Sale Date: October 17, 1997

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Ruines antiques avec le temple de la Sybille à...

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Ruines antiques avec le temple de la Sybille à...

Sale Date: August 7, 1997

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Les soins maternels

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Les soins maternels

Sale Date: August 7, 1997

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Cavalier à la fontaine

Hubert Robert

Cavalier à la fontaine

Sale Date: July 10, 1997

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Figures amongst classical ruins

Follower of Hubert Robert

Figures amongst classical ruins

Sale Date: July 2, 1997

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The garden of a Roman Villa

Hubert Robert

The garden of a Roman Villa

Sale Date: July 1, 1997

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