Ruins of a Roman Bath with Washerwomen
1766
oil
canvas
From the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
1766
oil
canvas
From the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ruins of a Roman Bath with Washerwomen is a 1766 oil by Hubert Robert, a Rococo painting work, depicting Bathing, held at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This painting shows a large, ancient Roman bath in ruins. People are bathing and doing laundry in the water. There's a red carriage on a boat in the water. The walls of the bath are made of stone blocks and have columns and arches. There are statues on pedestals and greenery growing on the walls. The sky is cloudy. The painting is done in oil paint and is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you're interested in more paintings like this, look up the artist Hubert Robert.
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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