Scene with Antique Ruins / Hubert Robert / After Hubert Robert

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Accession Number
2012/2.183
Title
Scene with Antique Ruins
Artist
Hubert Robert
Artist Nationality
French
Artist Life Dates
1733-1808
Medium and Support
red crayon on heavy laid paper
Dimensions
36.04 cm x 29.21 cm (14 3/16 in. x 11 1/2 in.)
Physical Description
This red-chalk drawing depicts a draped male figure standing with his arms crossed gazing up at a large column with a large urn on top of it amidst classical ruins. Other spoiled sections of columns and an ornate capital are piled next to the central column. The darkly shaded foreground contrasts with the light sky, which takes up the upper three-quarters of the composition.
Subject Matter
A man contemplating antique ruins.
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Image Size
2398 x 3000
File Size
963 KB
Record
2012/2.183
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.183/2012_2_183.jpg

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"Scene with Antique Ruins; Hubert Robert; After Hubert Robert." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.183/2012_2_183.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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