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Vaulted Staircase
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Vaulted Staircase

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808), artist · c. 1770–79 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The inscription on the panel over the arched doorway seems to refer to Robert's Russian patron, Count Alexandre Sergevitch Stroganov, who was in Paris between 1770 and 1779 and commissioned a series of monumental paintings from Robert.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineVaulted Staircase, c. 1770–79. Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 44.1 x 28.2 cm (17 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.); secondary support: 52.9 x 38.7 cm (20 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1926.504
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