Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808), The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples
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Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808), The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples

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Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples
signed and dated 'H. ROBERT / 1784' (lower left, on the stone slab) and indistinctly inscribed 'QUI CINERES: TUMULI HAEC VESTIGIA: [C]ONDI[TUR] [OLIM] / ILLE HIC QUI CECIN[IT] PASCUA RURA DUCES' (lower left, on the rock) and 'MANTVA ME GENVIT [...]' (lower right, on the stone slab)
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 28 5/8 in. (61.5 x 72.7 cm.)

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Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples
signed and dated 'H. ROBERT / 1784' (lower left, on the stone slab) and indistinctly inscribed 'QUI CINERES: TUMULI HAEC VESTIGIA: [C]ONDI[TUR] [OLIM] / ILLE HIC QUI CECIN[IT] PASCUA RURA DUCES' (lower left, on the rock) and 'MANTVA ME GENVIT [...]' (lower right, on the stone slab)
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 28 5/8 in. (61.5 x 72.7 cm.)

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Property of a Northeastern Institution

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