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Description: | The subject has been described as the Loggia at the Vatican or alternatively as the Villa Albani, however the scene is almost certainly a capriccio, an imaginative composition. In fact, the picture comprises elements of both buildings, while the courtyard and arcade recall the Palazzo Farnese. In the foreground a young artist in a flamboyant hat is studying the Apollo Belvedere. Hubert Robert spent eleven years in Italy, where he developed a taste for painting and drawing monuments and ruins, both real and imaginary. He is considered a leading exponent of the painted capriccio. | Subjects: | townscape; buildings and gardens (Vatican Villa Albani capriccio) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Robert, Hubert (French painter and draftsman, 1733-1808) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8887... | Go to resource |
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