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| Arches in Ruins |
Artist:Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris)
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:23 1/8 x 61 1/4 in. (58.7 x 155.6 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
This narrow painting and its pendant, designed by Robert as overdoors, were intended to be seen from a distance and from below. In the interest of increasing the effect of illusion, the artist placed the figures upon grassy hillocks with the ruins sunk (and in one case partially buried) behind. He deploys the Doric order, which is the simplest and most robust.
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