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Architectural Capriccio, Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert
Architectural Capriccio
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Hubert Robert

Architectural Capriccio, 1801

Blatt
332 x 405 mm
Physical Description
Aquarell und Feder über Graphitstift
Inventory Number
1222
Object Number
1222 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Texts

About the Work

A sleeper lies on a large broken stone slab, amidst ancient relics, perhaps dreaming of the sunken times, with the water of the fountain improvised from antique monuments flowing underneath him. This buoyant watercolour, which links the peoples' lives with the past, is about the atmosphere of Rome, which Goethe experienced a few years earlier as an "Arcadian" source of inexhaustible artistic inspiration.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Architectural Capriccio
Draughtsman
Period Produced
Object Type
Physical Description
Aquarell und Feder über Graphitstift
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Watermark
  • Nicht geprüft

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Iconclass

Primary
Secondary
  • 42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)
  • 31BB19 resting - BB - out of doors

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25.04.2024