Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011564A Palace with an Arched Bridge (A Roman Villa)
About the Artwork
Hubert Robert had been living in Rome for five years when he executed this watercolor. He was fascinated by the architecture and gardens he saw in Italy and became especially interested in the picturesque interaction between Italy's rich artistic past and the daily life he saw on the streets. This sheet does not represent an actual view. It is, rather, an invention of the artist, who liked to create architectural fantasies by combining the different types of structures he became familiar with in Rome. Here, he enlivened the view with washerwomen doing laundry.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower left (on water trough) in brown ink: "H. Roberti D. Romae 1760"
Provenance
Orr, London (according to Butkin records). Stephanie Maison, London (according to Butkin records). Arcade Gallery, London (according to Butkin records); purchased in 1975.
Exhibition history
French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)
- Date
- 1760
- Medium
- pen and brown and gray ink, graphite, and watercolor
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.9 x 27.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2008.362
More by Hubert Robert in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00011564
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