The Statue before the Ruins, plate three from Les Soirées de Rome
Hubert Robert
1763/64
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129587
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....