The Mouth of a Cave

Hubert Robert French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 524

From a set of six paintings made for the salle des bains of the comte d'Artois, Louis XVI's youngest brother, at the château de Bagatelle near Paris. Robert signed The Mouth of the Cave and dated it 1784 when he restored it from damage probably caused by dampness.

The Mouth of a Cave, Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris), Oil on canvas

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