Landscape with a Fallen Tree (Paysage à l'arbre cassé)

1764

Hubert Robert

Associated Names
Hubert Robert

Artist, French, 1733 - 1808

The image shows an illustration of a rocky terrain with towering stone formations and dense foliage. The sky is textured and the scene is created using an etching technique with intricate linework. There are two figures in the scene, one appearing to climb or position near a rock, while the other observes. The color palette is monochromatic, using black on a white background to depict depth and dimension in the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 14.6 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 21.6 × 17 cm (8 1/2 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.43.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel, Paris (1922 - 2010) (Lugt 3373). (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. _Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole , no. 14.

Inscriptions

across lower plate, below image: Dédié a Mr. Le Comte d'Hestertein [Frederick William von Hessenstein (1735-1808)] Pour S t H S... H. Robert pinx. scul. / Rom 1764

Wikidata ID

Q77016033

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