Ruined Farm

c. 1770/1775

Hubert Robert

Associated Names
Hubert Robert

Artist, French, 1733 - 1808

The image shows an interior view of a rustic barn with a partially open roof. Four figures are at a table, surrounded by agricultural objects. The wooden framework and exposed thatch roof are prominent. The open roof reveals a clear blue sky with clouds. The color palette is earthy, with delicate brushstrokes highlighting details. The composition leads the eye upward through the structure towards the sky, while the figures below add activity to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray and brown wash, and blue watercolor, over a black chalk counterproof, with black chalk additions, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 36.5 x 29 cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
    support: 45.7 x 37.6 cm (18 x 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.15.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1933 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: p.340: dK243, fig.304.

1978

  • Carlson, Victor. Hubert Robert Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 33.

Inscriptions

lower left: Robert; in later hand, upper left verso: No 705 / H-Robert; lower right verso in brown ink: hubert Robert AD No196

Wikidata ID

Q64574699

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