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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Landscape with a Temple
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Landscape with a Temple

Artist Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808)
Dateca. 1765-1800
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions64 x 46 in. (162.6 x 116.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 69 1/4 x 49 1/2 in. (175.9 x 125.7 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number81.1
Terms
  • Landscape
  • Temple
  • Blue
  • White
  • Gray
  • Red
  • Tan
  • Paris, France
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DescriptionThis oil on canvas painting depicts the ruins of Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, a sculpture of a captive barbarian and one of the marble Horse Tamers of Monte Cavallo all occupy one space. Several figures, as well as their cows, are in the painting.

Label TextHubert Robert French, 1733–1808 Landscape with a Temple, 18th century Oil on canvas Hubert Robert’s painting brings together a group of ancient monuments—the Colosseum and Pantheon among them—that are actually miles apart in Rome. Such imaginary groupings of the city’s antique remains were a common subject for Neoclassical artists. These works not only celebrated Rome's ancient grandeur, but also served a moral purpose, reminding viewers of the transitory nature of all human achievements. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 81.1
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