The Grove of the Baths of Apollo
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Here, Robert shows woodcutters working under the watchful eye of their foreman and fashionable ladies surrounded by their entourage. In the background visitors observe the destruction of the Baths of Apollo. The emptiness of the park opened up broad vistas and allowed statues like the Tritons Grooming Two Horses of the Sun (at right) by Gaspard and Balthazar Marsy, sculptors employed by Louis XIV at Versailles, to stand out against the remaining trees.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Grove of the Baths of Apollo
- Artist: Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris)
- Date: 1777
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Unframed: 50 3/8 × 75 9/16 in. (128 × 192 cm)
Framed: 58 1/4 × 83 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (148 × 212 × 8 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (MV 775)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts