Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of St. Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo
c.1769
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 42.6 × 33.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-110782
Hubert Robert studied and worked in Italy in 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 work. Interior of the Colonnade of St. Peter's is based on a drawing dated from 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. Similar…
Provenance
Marlatt Fund, 1976.97
Registry history
- c.1769 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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