A Scene in the Grounds of the Villa Farnese, Rome
by ROBERT, Hubert, Oil on panel, 25 x 35 cm
During his stay in Italy from 1754 to 1765 Robert made a large number of red chalk drawings of the most important sites in Rome. A signed preparatory drawing for this painting, depicting a scene in the grounds of the Villa Farnese, Rome, with a mother and child seated upon an antique stair, a classical rotunda beyond, is known.