The Old Temple
by Carlos Diaz
Title
The Old Temple
Artist
Carlos Diaz
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The Old Temple - Remastered by Carlos Diaz
1787/88
Hubert Robert
French, 1733-1808
Robert arrived in Rome in 1754 with the retinue of the comte de Stainville (later to become the duc de Choiseul) (1719-1785), who was the son of his parents’ employer, the marquis de Stainville.
In addition to studying under Panini, Robert received mentorship from Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), the renowned and prolific vedutisti, whose studio was located directly across the street from the Académie. Piranesi’s etchings served as further inspiration for Robert’s famous capriccio. In looking at Robert’s painting The Old Temple (1787-1788) and comparing it to one of Piranesi’s etchings, Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (1757), one can see that Robert makes use of the same (albeit less dramatic) one-point, diagonal perspective that Piranesi utilizes in so many of his works.
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