
Hubert RobertFrench, 1733–1808May one see it?
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1754–1765
Roman circle: Panini, Piranesi, Fragonard
In Rome Robert studied perspective under the veduta master Giovanni Paolo Panini, met Piranesi, and became friends with Jean-Honoré Fragonard and the Abbé de Saint-Non; with Fragonard he drew from nature in Rome and its environs and stayed for long periods at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli.
1754–1765 · Workplace
Rome
August 1765
Return to Paris
After eleven years in Italy Robert returned to Paris, where his success was swift.
1766 · Membership
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture