id: 112068
accession number: 1930.547
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.547
updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:24.757000
Les Soirées de Rome: L'Escalier aux quatre bornes, 1763. Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.547
title: Les Soirées de Rome: L'Escalier aux quatre bornes
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creation date: 1763
creation date earliest: 1763
creation date latest: 1763
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creditline: Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Baudicour Vol. I.175.4 ; Le Blanc Vol. III.340.4
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CREATORS
* Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00
Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
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Derived from his own pen-and-ink drawings, this suite of etchings features fictional characters situated near recognizable buildings and statues in Rome. On the title page, Robert dedicated the suite to Marguerite Le Compte, who visited Rome in 1764 in the company of the wealthy author and art enthusiast Claude Henri Watelet. Both Le Compte and Watelet were amateur etchers, and they socialized with a group that included artists and printmakers centered at the academies in Italy. Robert’s dedication was likely motivated by the hope of future patronage from Le Compte. She may be the generous woman with a hand muff depicted in The Ancient Temple, the fifth scene in this series.
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