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The Colosseum in Rome
Hubert Robert
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02-06-2026
Hubert Robert

Paris (France), 1733 - Paris (France), 1808

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The Colosseum in Rome

1780 - 1790. Oil on canvas.
Room 089

This canvas depicts the Flavian amphitheatre in Rome, known as the Colosseum due to the giant statue of Nero that was located nearby. Robert was notably familiar with recent archaeological discoveries and was able to imbue the building with a particular visual charm. He emphasises its monumental scale, albeit ruined by the passing of the centuries, which contrasts with the tiny, incidental nature of the figures.

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1780 1790 Canvas Oil Painting

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Imagen del carrusel
Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P002883
Author
Hubert Robert
Title
The Colosseum in Rome
Date
1780 - 1790
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 240 cm; Width: 224.99998 cm
Provenance
Legacy Valentín Menéndez y San Juan, Count of La Cimera, 1944.
Entry date
1944

Bibliography +

Lafuente Ferrari, Enrique, El Prado. Escuelas italiana y francesa, Aguilar, Madrid, 1970, pp. 31 y 337.

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 566-567.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 566-567.

Boulot, C; Cuzin. J.P.; Rosenberg, P, J. H. Fragonard e H. Robert a Roma, Fratelli Palombi, Roma, 1990.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Nadrid, 1996, pp. nº1750.

Calbi, Emilia, 'Il gran teatro delle rovine', Ottani Cavina, A., Calbi, E.: La pittura di Paesaggio in Italia, Il settecento, Milán, 2005, pp. 77-97.

Mari, Antoni, El Esplendor de la Ruina, Fundacio Caixa Catalunya, Barcelona, 2005.

Nooteboom, Cees, Das rätsel des lichts : kunststücke, Schirmer Mosel, 2009, pp. 123-133.

Brook, Carolina, 'Hubert Robert. The Colosseum in Rome', Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2025, pp. 244-245 n.32.

Brook, Carolina, 'Hubert Robert. El Coliseo de Roma', Antonio Raphael Mengs , 1728-1779, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2025, pp. 244-245 n.32.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 1750.
"Autor, Roberto Hubert / 1750. Asunto 'el Coloseo' / Lienzo, 240 x 225 cms. / Nº del catálogo 2883 / del mismo legado que los anteriores" [legado del conde de la Cimera año 1944]

Exhibitions +

Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779)
Madrid
25.11.2025 - 01.03.2026

El esplendor de la ruina
Barcelona
11.07.2005 - 30.10.2005

Location +

Room 089 (On Display)

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Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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