Hubert RobertFrench, 1733–1808Храм среди воды
May one see it?
Unknown
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- Ж-2890
In the catalog
Sources
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- Image: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts — © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Meanwhile, in the life of Hubert Robert
The whole life1772–1779 · Workplace
Paris
1778
Keeper of the Royal Museum
When the decision was made to open a museum in the Louvre, Robert was appointed keeper of the Royal Museum, charged with preparing the masterpieces of the royal collection for exhibition. Until 1793 he lived in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre.
1780–1784 · Workplace
Paris
1785–1786
Theater at Versailles
Robert designed the decoration of a small court theater of about 500 seats in the new wing of the Palace of Versailles; construction began in the summer of 1785 and the theater opened in early 1786.
1786
Beginning of work on the park at Méréville
Robert began his documented collaboration at Méréville with his most important patron, the financier Jean-Joseph de Laborde, shaping the picturesque vision of the landscape park.
