Vintage “Old Temple” Framed Hubert Robert Print by Academy Arts, Chicago

The Old Temple 1788 by Hubert Robert The four large canvases by Hubert Robert in the Art Institute’s collection were commissioned by wealthy financier Jean-Joseph, Marquis de Laborde, to decorate a salon in his château at Méréville, France. Installed on all sides of the room, they would have suggested that the walls had dissolved, revealing fantasies of Classical architecture animated by scenes of everyday life. Robert was much sought after as a painter of architectural ruins, a genre that appealed to the late 18th-century taste for the antique. He cultivated his knowledge of antiquity over more than a decade of travel and study in Italy. French, 1733-1808 (Source: Art Institute of Chicago) Sticker is on the back is partially gone but it does say that the maker was Art Academy out of Chicago. They made high quality reproduction prints in quality frames in the mid-century and was probably sold in a department store.. This frame is in mottled leaf 14x 16 "The Fountain and Old Temple" Mats are tan and gold foil Made in U.S.A. style #8220 print itself is slightly smaller than 8x10 back has some damage and part of the sticker is missing. Overall is very good vintage condition Glass in wood frame has a hanger attached