Hubert Robert Drawing acquired by MET
November 27 2025
Picture: @curatornadine
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I'm slow to news that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have acquired Hubert Robert's Self-Portrait in Saint-Lazare Prison, 1793 (spotted via @gazette_Inter).
According to curator Nadine Orenstein's post on Instagram:
Robert was imprisoned during the Terror. Here, he depicts himself, easily recognizable by his dark eyebrows and receding hairline, in his cell at the Saint-Lazare prison. His correspondence and inkwell sit on his desk. The large drawing or engraving tacked to the wall is related to one of his best-known paintings, the portfolio of drawings leaning against the table is inscribed, “Robert a St Lazare,”.
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