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)
Les pyramides

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Les pyramides

Sale Date: December 13, 1995

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Les lavandières sous un pont de pierre, près du...

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Les lavandières sous un pont de pierre, près du...

Sale Date: December 13, 1995

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Figures surveying a capriccio of Roman ruins

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Figures surveying a capriccio of Roman ruins

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Landscape with ruins, women drying linene and...

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Landscape with ruins, women drying linene and...

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The park of a country villa with figures...

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The park of a country villa with figures...

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L'escalier, 1763

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L'escalier, 1763

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Personnages au bord de l'eau

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Personnages au bord de l'eau

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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A Biblical scene with figures gathered on a...

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A Biblical scene with figures gathered on a...

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Idyllische Landschaft mit Bacchantinnnen, 1762

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Idyllische Landschaft mit Bacchantinnnen, 1762

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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Les soirées de Rome, 1763–1764

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Les soirées de Rome, 1763–1764

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Personnages dans une ville (jardin et..., 1798

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Personnages dans une ville (jardin et..., 1798

Sale Date: November 26, 1995

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Study of a tree

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Study of a tree

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Antike Ruinenstudie

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Antike Ruinenstudie

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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Le jeu de la balançoire au milieu de ruines..., 1793

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Le jeu de la balançoire au milieu de ruines..., 1793

Sale Date: October 20, 1995

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A capriccio landscape with antique ruins and...

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A capriccio landscape with antique ruins and...

Sale Date: October 18, 1995

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Figures amidst imaginary ruins of the Grande...

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Figures amidst imaginary ruins of the Grande...

Sale Date: September 13, 1995

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La portique

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La portique

Sale Date: July 7, 1995

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Cart crossing a ruined bridge over a river..., 1798

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Cart crossing a ruined bridge over a river..., 1798

Sale Date: July 7, 1995

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A classical landscape with peasants by a...

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A classical landscape with peasants by a...

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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Italianate landscape with a shepherd and a maid...

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Italianate landscape with a shepherd and a maid...

Sale Date: July 6, 1995

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Landscape with ruins and a girl with children...

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Landscape with ruins and a girl with children...

Sale Date: July 5, 1995

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Capriccio of a Roman temple with Alexander the...

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Capriccio of a Roman temple with Alexander the...

Sale Date: July 4, 1995

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The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

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The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

Sale Date: July 4, 1995

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A farmyard with two figures by a sarcophagus

Hubert Robert

A farmyard with two figures by a sarcophagus

Sale Date: July 4, 1995

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