Landscape with a Fallen Tree

Hubert Robert

1764 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Hubert Robert forged a successful career depicting landscapes, architecture and antiquities. He made etchings only during a brief period in his youth in Rome, encouraged by friendships with local collectors, some of whom were amateur printmakers themselves. This image is inspired by a painting by Italian baroque artist Salvator Rosa, then in the collection of Robert’s patron, Jacques-Laure le Tonnelier, the Bailli de Breteuil (1722-1785), ambassador of the Order of Malta to the Holy See.

Artist

Hubert Robert

Date

1764

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, 2016