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The Obelisk in Saint Peter's Square

Hubert Robert

1760

graphite

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century Religious

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The Obelisk in Saint Peter's Square is a 1760 graphite by Hubert Robert, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Hubert Robert
When & what style?: 1760 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About the artist

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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