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Hubert Robert

197 works

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Two oval paintings of vaulted stone interiors: left shows soldiers by a cannon in a colonnade, right shows riders and dogs in

Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of Saint Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo

c.1769

Painting of a quarry with a cart at a cave mouth, a flock of sheep led by a shepherd and dog, and figures on the cliffs.

Stenbrud med en fårehjord

1748-1808

Painting of Roman ruins with a carved triumphal arch, an amphitheatre, a columned tower and small figures among stones.

The Arc de Triomphe and the Theatre of Orange

1787

Painting of Christ driving money changers from a columned temple, with a glowing central figure and a chaotic crowd on steps.

Christ expulses the money changers out of the temple

1760

Painting of a ruined classical arch with columns, a central statue, fountains, lion sculptures and workers among stone blocks

Römische Phantasievedute

1798

Painting of a park river scene with strollers, a rowboat, a wooden bridge, farm buildings and a cloudy sky.

Parklandschaft (Blick auf das sogenannte „Elysée“ von Mauperthuis)

Painting of a stone arched bridge with partly demolished houses, rubble, boats on the river and workers on the bank.

Der Abbruch der Häuser auf der Notre-Dame-Brücke in Paris

1788

Painting of Roman ruins with the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, a resting herd and a shepherd under a cloudy sky.

Passage d'un troupeau devant le colisée et l'arc de Constantin à Rome

1770

Painting of a ruined stone bridge over a river with washerwomen below, a ivy-covered tower, and a soldier on the bank.

The Ponte Salario

c. 1775

Workmen demolish a Gothic archway and classical columns amid rubble and scattered stone under a pale blue sky.

L'Eglise des Feuillants en démolition

1804

Oval landscape painting in an octagonal frame showing trees, a sky with clouds, walking figures and grazing sheep.

Paysage peint sur une assiette

1794

Painting of prisoners playing ball in a courtyard before a large stone building, with onlookers at windows and a sunset sky.

Récréation des prisonniers à Saint-Lazare : la partie de ballon

1794

Painting of women passing pitchers and food up a stone staircase to men reaching through an opening.

Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers à la prison de Saint-Lazare

1794

Painting of a ruined chapel interior with a collapsed vault, timber supports, rubble and small figures among the debris.

La chapelle de la Sorbonne avec la voûte de la nef effondrée

1800

Painting of a garden with classical monuments, a tall red column topped by a statue, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Le Jardin du Musée des monuments français, ancien couvent des Petits-Augustins

1803

Workmen break open a stone vault in a Gothic church, with rubble, scaffolding and tall pointed windows visible beyond.

La Violation des caveaux des rois dans la basilique de Saint-Denis, en octobre 1793

1793

Painting of a Gothic church being demolished, with broken arches, rubble, smoke, and small workers in the foreground.

La Démolition de l'église Saint-Jean-en-Grève, en 1800

1800

Dim vaulted prison corridor with figures gathered near a brazier and a dog, leading toward a bright doorway in the distance.

Corridor de la prison Saint-Lazare vers 1794

1794

Painting of Roman ruins with columns, an obelisk, and the Colosseum in the distance, with small figures and cattle.

Ruines romaines, le Forum avec le Colisée et l'Obélisque

1765

Painting of a crowd gathered beside a white tent in a tree-lined avenue under a cloudy sky.

Repas servi aux troupes dans une allée des Champs-Elysées ou dans le parc de Saint-Cloud

1790

Painting of a vaulted stone arcade with a fountain, bathing figures, a woman with a vessel, a dog and a red parrot.

La Fontaine

Oval painting of a fountain beside a classical stone wall, with women, children, a white horse and a dog at a watering trough

L'Abreuvoir

1804

Night scene of a columned temple with an urn beside a torch-lit basin, with dark figures gathered in the foreground.

Le Mausolée provisoire de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, sur le bassin des Tuileries, avant la translation de ses cendres au…

1794

Painting of a columned classical building under construction with scaffolding, workers, and stone rubble in a courtyard.

L'Ecole de chirurgie en construction

1773

Painting of a multi-arched stone bridge over a river with smoke rising from the piers and crowds watching from the banks.

Le décintrement du pont de Neuilly, le 22 septembre 1772

1775

Painting of the Bastille fortress with rubble in front and small figures among the debris under a smoky sky.

La Bastille, dans les premiers jours de sa démolition

1789

Painting of a palace on fire with heavy smoke, watched by a crowd of people in a garden with rows of trees.

L'incendie de l'Opéra, vu des jardins du Palais-Royal, le 8 juin 1781

1781

Painting of a rocky grotto with waterfalls, classical statues on a ledge, and figures in period dress by a pool beneath trees

Les Bains d'Apollon à Versailles

1803

Painting of a waterfall beside a round classical temple, with figures, donkeys and a dog on rocks in the foreground.

Les Cascatelles de Tivoli

1776

Interior of a church with a sculptor on scaffolding working on a saint statue, draped curtains, and figures below.

Sculpteur travaillant à la statue d'un saint à Saint-Pierre de Rome

1759

Painting of Ionic ruins, a nude statue, a leaning tree and a rowboat on a river under a cloudy sky.

Vénus Médicis

1790

Painting of a classical statue beside a wind-bent tree, with ruins, small figures, cypresses and mountains under a cloudy sky

Hercule Farnèse

1790