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ROBERT, Hubert: Imaginary View of the Louvre through the Arch of a Bridge

🖼 Imaginary View of the Louvre through the Arch of a Bridge, c. 1793
Oil on panel
17 × 26 cm

Soft architectural forms frame the Louvre through a graceful arch, bathed in diffused light that softens stone and water. Robert's capriccio celebrates rational French design while questioning reality—the imaginary vista merges observation with poetic invention during the Revolution's upheaval.

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