Hubert Robert, 1760 - A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple - fine art print

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In the crumbling remains of a Roman temple, a monk prays at the foot of an altar. Absorbed in his devotions, he is unaware of three young women sneaking inside to steal flowers from a makeshift shrine. Above this trio, a woman on a ladder leans over a low wall and, with a long branch, taunts the praying hermit.

Placed on the stone altar are a crucifix, books, an open Bible, an hourglass, a skull, and a rosary. The skull and hourglass, common symbols of the temporality of man and his creations, suggest that the building itself represents fallen greatness. Hubert Robert emphasizes the ruins' immensity by contrasting the small figures with the structure's massive columns. In the left foreground, a column shrouded in darkness runs nearly the full height of the composition. Birds roosting in the upper reaches of the lofty barrel vault reinforce the impression of the monument's vast dimensions.

This small cabinet picture is one of several versions of the subject depicted by Robert beginning in the 1760s. In each of them, a monk prays beside a brick wall that has been built within the arcades of a Roman ruin. For this imaginary basilica, Robert likely drew inspiration from a contemporary print by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

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The painting was painted by the rococo master Hubert Robert. The painting measures the size of 57,8 x 70,5 cm. Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the technique for the artwork. Today, this piece of art is in the the The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The classic art public domain work of art is being included, courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.Also, the artpiece has the following creditline: . Furthermore, alignment is landscape and has a ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width. Hubert Robert was a curator, painter from France, whose artistic style was mainly Rococo. The European artist was born in the year 1733 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and passed away at the age of 75 in 1808 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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