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 Artworks

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Personnages dans des ruines antiques

Circle of Hubert Robert

Personnages dans des ruines antiques

Sale Date: April 26, 2024

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Le vieux Pont Solario

Workshop of Hubert Robert

Le vieux Pont Solario

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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An antique urn in a landscape

Circle of Hubert Robert

An antique urn in a landscape

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Promeneurs devant des ruines antiques

Follower of Hubert Robert

Promeneurs devant des ruines antiques

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Personnages dans des ruines antiques

Style of Hubert Robert

Personnages dans des ruines antiques

Sale Date: March 1, 2024

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Lavandières à la fontaine au pied d'un escalier...

Follower of Hubert Robert

Lavandières à la fontaine au pied d'un escalier...

Sale Date: February 6, 2024

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A great colonnaded building, the roof partly...

Hubert Robert

A great colonnaded building, the roof partly...

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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A courtyard near the Campo Vaccino in Rome

Hubert Robert

A courtyard near the Campo Vaccino in Rome

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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An interior scene with workers around a vat

Hubert Robert

An interior scene with workers around a vat

Sale Date: February 2, 2024

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A gentleman in a tricorn hat contemplating a...

Hubert Robert

A gentleman in a tricorn hat contemplating a...

Sale Date: February 2, 2024

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Landscape with bridge and washerwomen

Circle of Hubert Robert

Landscape with bridge and washerwomen

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Mother and Child at a Window

Hubert Robert

Mother and Child at a Window

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted...

Hubert Robert

Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted...

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

Hubert Robert

View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Figure studies mounted on an album page

Hubert Robert and Jean-Robert Ango

Figure studies mounted on an album page

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Paisaje boscoso con una fuente

Hubert Robert

Paisaje boscoso con una fuente

Sale Date: January 24, 2024

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A) A view inspired by the Gardens of the..., 1765

Circle of Hubert Robert

A) A view inspired by the Gardens of the..., 1765

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Classical Temple on a Rocky Outcrop

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Classical Temple on a Rocky Outcrop

Sale Date: December 15, 2023

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Figures amongst ruins | Ruines animées

Hubert Robert

Figures amongst ruins | Ruines animées

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Project for the Place de la Concorde and for , 1808

Hubert Robert

Project for the Place de la Concorde and for , 1808

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Lavandière

Hubert Robert

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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The Farandole amidst Egyptian Monuments

Hubert Robert

The Farandole amidst Egyptian Monuments

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Landschaftscapriccio mit einem Wasserfall

Hubert Robert

Landschaftscapriccio mit einem Wasserfall

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Vue du port de Dieppe, depuis le quai

Hubert Robert

Vue du port de Dieppe, depuis le quai

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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