The Obelisk

1787/88 · Painting

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Room218

On public display.

Checked: 5 hours ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

Accession number: 1900.383

What it shows

Ruins Architechture Architecture Classical Decoration Decorative Italy Obelisks Cityscape Landscape Century of Progress World's fairs Chicago World's Fairs

In the catalog

Neoclassicism 18th Century France

Sources

Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0

All works

Intérieur du Colisée

third quarter of the 18th century (c. 1759) · Musée du Louvre

Laundresses in the Ruins

1760 · State Hermitage Museum

La Grange

third quarter of the 18th century (1760) · Musée du Louvre

L'escalier tournant du palais Farnèse à Caprarola

third quarter of the 18th century (1764) · Musée du Louvre

At the Hermit's

1770s · State Hermitage Museum

Landscape with a Stairs and Obelisk

1770s · State Hermitage Museum

La Grotte

third quarter of the 18th century (1772) · Musée du Louvre

Landscape with Rocks

1773 · State Hermitage Museum

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

Museum page

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Gustave Caillebotte

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

India

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), 6th century

Charles Leonard Galleis, Honoré-Victorin Daumier, Modeled c. 1832/35 or c. 1849, cast 1929/40

Honoré Daumier

The Obelisk

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Hubert Robert

Intérieur du Colisée

Laundresses in the Ruins

La Grange

L'escalier tournant du palais Farnèse à Caprarola

At the Hermit's

Landscape with a Stairs and Obelisk

La Grotte

Landscape with Rocks

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), 6th century

Charles Leonard Galleis, Modeled c. 1832/35 or c. 1849, cast 1929/40

The Obelisk

Yes, receiving visitors

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Hubert Robert

Intérieur du Colisée

Laundresses in the Ruins

La Grange

L'escalier tournant du palais Farnèse à Caprarola

At the Hermit's

Landscape with a Stairs and Obelisk

La Grotte

Landscape with Rocks

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), 6th century

Charles Leonard Galleis, Modeled c. 1832/35 or c. 1849, cast 1929/40