The Statue before the Ruins

Hubert Robert

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Hubert Robert

Artist, French, 1733 - 1808

The image shows architectural ruins and surroundings from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is implied by the line of the architecture. An archway leads into a bright area. The lines are fine and detailed, capturing the texture of stone and foliage with precision. The color palette is monochromatic, in shades of sepia and brown. There is a statue and a group of seated figures in the foreground, around architectural remnants. In the distance, two figures stand at the entrance of an archway. The archway and columns are overgrown with vegetation.

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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 française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861.

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Q65508876

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