id: 112070 accession number: 1930.549 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.549 updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:24.768000 Les Soirées de Rome: Le Buste, 1764. Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.549 title: Les Soirées de Rome: Le Buste title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1764 creation date earliest: 1764 creation date latest: 1764 current location: creditline: Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Baudicour Vol. I.174.2 ; Le Blanc Vol. III.340.5 --- CREATORS * Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00 French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.549/1930.549_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.549/1930.549_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.549/1930.549_full.tif