Figures around a fire
Figures around a fire

Currently not on view

Figures around a fire,

1765

Hubert Robert, French, 1733–1808
2015-6690

Information

Title
Figures around a fire
Dates

1765

Maker
Hubert Robert
Medium
Pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, and watercolor over black chalk
Dimensions
32.5 × 36.3 cm (12 13/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of anonymous donor
Object Number
2015-6690
Place Made

Europe, France

Signatures
Signed and dated in brush and brown wash, along lower edge: H. Robert F 1765
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, ink, laid paper, watercolor, wash
Subject
infants, offspring, mothers, horses, fires, men, cooking and heating devices, arches, women, figures (representations), families

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