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Bridge over a Cascade

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This painting and its pendant (The Met, 07.225.264b) were most likely among a large group of works by Robert either commissioned or assembled starting in 1780 for a mansion in Paris’s Place Louis XV, today the Place de la Concorde. Both are overdoors, which explains the horizontal format and steep perspective. Robert's workshop was likely involved in the execution of this painting.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bridge over a Cascade
  • Artist: Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris)
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 32 x 54 1/8 in. (81.3 x 137.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
  • Object Number: 07.225.264a
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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