ROBERT, Hubert
(b. 1733, Paris, d. 1808, Paris)

Architectural Capriccio

c. 1780
Oil on canvas, 67 x 81 cm
Private collection

This architectural capriccio shows troubadours and washerwomen by a basin among Roman ruins, a pyramid beyond. At the centre, Robert recreates the commanding bronze equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici, which had been unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence in 1594.




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