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Long nineteenth century · Art Institute of Chicago · 129587

The Statue before the Ruins, plate three from Les Soirées de Rome

Hubert Robert French, 1733-1808, 1763/64

The Statue before the Ruins, plate three from Les Soirées de Rome at the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection · Public domain

Artist
Hubert Robert French, 1733-1808
Date
1763/64
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Era
Long nineteenth century

Why it matters

The Statue before the Ruins, plate three from Les Soirées de Rome, dated 1763/64, is catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago as a work in Etching on cream laid paper. The museum attributes the work to Hubert Robert French, 1733-1808. The recorded dimensions are Plate: 13.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.