1769
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Grotto of Posillipo is a 1769 unspecified by Hubert Robert, a Rococo painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a grotto with ancient ruins and statues. It's set in a scenic landscape with trees and a distant view. The artist's time in Italy had a big impact on his work, he liked classical subjects. He often painted old buildings and ruins, which were popular back then. His experiences in Italy influenced his style and the things he chose to paint. To learn more about this style, look up the technique of sfumato.
Hubert Robert studied and worked in Italy from 1754–65. Upon returning to Paris, he entered the Royal Academy as an architectural painter and full member in 1766. His time in Italy would prove to be influential and classical architectural subjects would dominate his subsequent oeuvre. Interior of the Colonnade of St. Peter's is based on a drawing dated 1758, the same year that Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico was elected. Given his interest in classical subjects, Robert has antiquated his subject by aging the condition of the columns and including a soldier dressed in ancient Roman armor.…
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Hubert Robert (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.
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