Hubert Robert, 1788 - The Obelisk - fine art print

Background information on the more than 230 years old painting

This piece of art named The Obelisk was made by the rococo painter Hubert Robert in 1788. The more than 230 year-old original version was painted with the size: 255,6 × 223,5 cm (100 7/8 × 88 in). Oil on canvas was used by the French painter as the technique for the artpiece. The original artwork is inscribed with the information: "h. ROBERT / 1787 (lower left, beneath column), and H ROBERT / [...] / [...] / Le[...} / MEREVILLE / DE LABORDE / [...] (lower right of center, on a stone held by a man)". It can be viewed in in the Art Institute Chicago's digital art collection, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. This artwork, which is in the public domain is being included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. Creditline of the artwork: Gift of Clarence Buckingham. What is more, the alignment is portrait with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The curator, painter Hubert Robert was an artist from France, whose art style can mainly be assigned to Rococo. The French painter was born in 1733 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and deceased at the age of 75 in 1808.

Materials our customers can pick

We offer a range of different sizes and materials for every product. You can choose your your favorite size and material among the following options:

• Canvas: A canvas print, which shall not be confused with an artwork painted on a canvas, is an image printed from an industrial printing machine. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which means that it is easy and straightforward to hang the Canvas print without additional wall-mounts. Therefore, a canvas print is suitable for any kind of wall.
• Poster print (canvas material): The poster is a printed canvas paper with a slight surface structure, which reminds the actual version of the artwork. Please note, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin of around 2-6cm around the painting, which facilitates the framing with your custom frame.
• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating on top): The print on acrylic glass, which is sometimes labelled as a an art print on plexiglass, will convert an artwork into lovely décor and offers a distinct alternative option to canvas and aluminidum dibond fine art replicas. The work of art will be printed with the help of state-of-the-art UV direct printing machines. This has the image effect of vibrant, sharp colors. Our real glass coating protects your selected fine art print against light and external influences for many more years.
• Aluminium dibond print: This is a metal print manufactured on alu dibond material with a true depth. The Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is your perfect start to art reproductions on aluminum. The colors are luminous, the details appear clear and crisp, and you can really perceive a matte appearance of the fine art print. The print on aluminium is the most popular entry-level product and is a truly sophisticated way to display art, because it puts 100% of the viewer’s focus on the replica of the artwork.

Important note: We try whatever we can to describe the products in as much detail as we can and to exhibit them visually on the product detail pages. Still, the colors of the printed materials and the imprint may differ slightly from the image on the device's screen. Depending on the settings of your screen and the quality of the surface, color pigments might not be printed 100% realistically. In view of the fact that the fine art prints are printed and processed by hand, there may also be minor variations in the motif's exact position and the size.

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