Plate 8: The Triumphal Arch: a man standing atop an architectural fragment in center with two men below, seen from behind, remains of a triumphal arch in the background and the ruins of an arcade to right, from "Les soirées de Rome"
Hubert Robert
ca. 1763–64
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 in. (14.1 × 9.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.41.4
Tags
ArchesMen
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....