Hubert RobertFrench, 1733–1808Paysage avec une statue dans une niche
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Where is “Paysage avec une statue dans une niche” now? Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Not on view at present. Checked September 26, 2026.
Paris, France
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- RF 1983 83
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- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2016 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Adrien Didierjean
In the life of Hubert Robert
The whole life1754–1765 · Workplace
Rome
1754–1765
Roman circle: Panini, Piranesi, Fragonard
In Rome Robert studied perspective under the veduta master Giovanni Paolo Panini, met Piranesi, and became friends with Jean-Honoré Fragonard and the Abbé de Saint-Non; with Fragonard he drew from nature in Rome and its environs and stayed for long periods at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli.
1759
Studies at the French Academy in Rome
From 1759 Robert studied at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, though he never won the prestigious Prix de Rome.
April 1760
Journey to Naples and Paestum
The Abbé de Saint-Non took Robert and Fragonard to Naples to visit the famous sites of Campania — the excavations of Pompeii and the Doric temples of Paestum, which long continued to inspire Robert after his return to France.
August 1765
Return to Paris
After eleven years in Italy Robert returned to Paris, where his success was swift.
