Ruine de la partie Interieure d'une Basilique de Rome

1795

Laurent Guyot after Hubert Robert

Associated Names
Laurent Guyot

Artist/publisher, French, 1756 - 1808

Hubert Robert

Artist After, French, 1733 - 1808

This is a painting of a grand, classical architectural ruin with people gathered around a fire inside. The painting depicts an interior view of an ancient basilica, showcasing massive stone pillars and arches that draw the eye upward toward the ceiling, which features intricate, coffered designs. In the foreground, there are a number of large, wooden barrels and pieces of broken masonry. Smoke rises from a fire where a few figures sit, implying a camp or gathering in this ruined space. Natural light filters through openings in the structure, creating contrasts of light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 × 41 cm (12 7/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 × 59 cm (17 1/8 × 23 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF no. 389

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • Architectural Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945, no cat.

1946

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Cayuga Museum of History and Art, Auburn, NY, 1946, no cat.

1962

  • Prints of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1962, no. 32.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Robert pinxit.; in plate, below image, at right: Guyot Sculpsit.; in plate, below image, at center: Ruine de la partie Interieure d'une Basilique de Rome / Gravé d'après le Tableau d'Hubert Robert à Rome A Paris Chez Guyot Rue de la Monnoye No 21 Tiré de la Collection de son Ami K. La Roche.; at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: 2d4 [?]; verso: at upper left in graphite in later hand: 5/; at upper left in graphite in later hand: 888; at lower left in graphite in later hand: B25035; at lower right in graphite in later hand: Pair YEX

Markings

recto: circle with shield [?] stamped in black at lower left (not in Lugt); verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to identify

Wikidata ID

Q65022991

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