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Hubert Robert
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French painter (1733-1808)
OverviewAI-generated
Hubert Robert was a French curator, painter, draftsperson and architect, born on 22 May 1733 in Paris. He was educated at the Collège de Navarre and the University of Paris, studied under René-Michel Slodtz, and was a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Working within the Pre-romanticism movement, he specialised in landscape painting and was sponsored by Étienne François, duc de Choiseul.
He was held at the Sainte-Pélagie Prison and the Prison Saint-Lazare. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Städel Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Museo del Prado. He died on 15 April 1808 in Paris and was buried at Auteuil Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- 22 May 1733, Paris, France
- Died
- 15 April 1808 (1808-04-15) (aged 74), Paris, France
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hubert
- Family name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- architect
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- René-Michel Slodtz
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Movement
- Pre-romanticism
- Image
- Hubert Robert - Les Cascatelles de Tivoli - PPP2547 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- Commons category
- Hubert Robert
- date of birth
- 1733-05-22
- date of death
- 1808-04-15
- Commons Creator page
- Hubert Robert
- Commons gallery
- Hubert Robert
- name in native language
- Hubert Robert
- place of detention
- Prison Saint-Lazare
- has works in the collection
- Museo de Arte de Ponce
- place of burial
- Auteuil Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1748-01-01
- end of work period
- 1808-01-01
- P8168
- Zhuk
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Hubert Robert, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Štúdie podľa Tiepolových malieb v paláci Laddia v Benátkach
Benátky
Roman Landscape
Interior of a Roman spa hall
Décintrement du pont de Neuilly
The Artist’s Studio
Agnesina villa
Roman Ruins
The Grotto
Temple of Jupiter Serapis in Pozzuoli near Naples
Abort of houses on Pont au Change
Tivoli
![[View of a column gantry with cassette cover and a rider sculpture]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0052%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[View of a column gantry with cassette cover and a rider sculpture]
![[View of the Macellum di Pozzuoli cd. Tempio di Serapide; view of the market of Pozzuoli, the so-called temple of Serapis]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0023%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[View of the Macellum di Pozzuoli cd. Tempio di Serapide; view of the market of Pozzuoli, the so-called temple of Serapis]
plant study
Vue prize dans les jardins de Villa Albani a Rome
La Cuisinière Italienne
RESTES DU PALAIS DU PAPE JULES
La Dévideuse Italienne
Vue de l 'Arc de Constantin prize de dessous uns des arcades du Collisée a Rome
![[People at the beginning of an arcade; La Galerie antique]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-10%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[People at the beginning of an arcade; La Galerie antique]
Deuxieme Vue en Boheme
![[The staircase to the four pillars; L 'escalier aux quatre bornes]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-04%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The staircase to the four pillars; L 'escalier aux quatre bornes]
Villa cui nomen Madama, Temporis injuriâ pene diruta
Vuë dessinée dans les Jardins de Villa Borghese à Rome
![[The statue in front of the ruins; La Statue en avant des ruines]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-03%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The statue in front of the ruins; La Statue en avant des ruines]
![[The Bust; Le Buste]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-02%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The Bust; Le Buste]
![[A ruin converted into a church with a small bell tower; a man with a coat and hat in front; Templum pacis]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0065%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[A ruin converted into a church with a small bell tower; a man with a coat and hat in front; Templum pacis]
![Luca Giordano Eglise de St. Philippes de Meri a Naples; [Expulsion of traders from the temple]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0215%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Luca Giordano Eglise de St. Philippes de Meri a Naples; [Expulsion of traders from the temple]
![[The post; Le Poteau]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-09%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The post; Le Poteau]
![[The triumphal arch; L 'Arc de triomphe]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Frobert-h-v3-4931-08%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[The triumphal arch; L 'Arc de triomphe]
![[Relief with a procession, a group of women wearing vases and a stretcher with a pedestal; Ancient chandelier with a putto; Female figurine, wearing a cornucopia]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0037%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Relief with a procession, a group of women wearing vases and a stretcher with a pedestal; Ancient chandelier with a putto; Female figurine, wearing a cornucopia]
Vue prize dans les jardins de Ville Barberini a Rome
COLONADE ET JARDINS DU PALAIS MEDICIS
![[Vase; marble relief with the three graces; bas-relief with griffin and surrendering putto; vase; belly vase with ouroboros as a handle; postament]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fsaint-non-j-c-r-d-ab3-0036%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
[Vase; marble relief with the three graces; bas-relief with griffin and surrendering putto; vase; belly vase with ouroboros as a handle; postament]
![TEMPLE DE LA SIBYLLE À TIVOLI; [Landscape with Temple and Waterfall]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdiglib.hab.de%2Fvaria%2Fhaum%2Fhelmann-i-s-ab2-0003%2Fmax%2F000001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
TEMPLE DE LA SIBYLLE À TIVOLI; [Landscape with Temple and Waterfall]
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Encyclopedic overview
Hubert Robert ( French pronunciation: [ybɛʁ ʁɔbɛʁ]; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.
Biography
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