Couple by a Fountain
late 18th century
Medium
watercolor over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 9.4 × 14 cm (3 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.) mount: 16.8 × 22.9 cm (6 5/8 × 9 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.25
About the Artist
Hubert Robert · 1733–1808
Hubert Robert, born on May 22, 1733, in Paris, emerged from a modest background; his father, Nicolas Robert, served the influential Choiseul family, whose patronage shaped the young artist's path. After completing his studies at the Jesuit Collège de Navarre in 1751, he entered the atelier of sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz, who taught him design and perspective before encouraging a shift to painting....