Hubert Robert
Plate 1 from the series “Evenings in Rome”
1763-1764
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 259 x 193 mm. (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Plate: 152 x 100 mm. (6 x 3 15/16 in.)
Image: 124 x 84 mm. (4 7/8 x 3 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 1 from the series "Evenings in Rome ("Les Soirées de Rome")
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.4326
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Inscribed: RECTO: at center, in plate: "LES/ SOIRÉES DE ROME/ DEDIÉES/ A.M. DE LE COMTE/ des Académies/ de s. Luc de Rome/ des Sciences et Arts/ de Bologne, Florence & c."; at upper right, in plate: "1"; at bottom margin: [lower margin, address of publisher has been erased]; at bottom, in plate: "Suite de Dix Planches dessinées et gravées par Mr./Robert, Pensionaire du Roi de France à Rome."
Markings: CM: verso: Claghorn
