Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo, After Hubert Robert,


Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo, , Brush and brown wash, over a red chalk counterproof with traces of black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 18 1/4 x 13 in. ( x 33 cm), Drawings, After Hubert Robert (French, Paris 1733–1808 Paris), Anonymous, French, 18th century, Located on the route from Naples to Pozzuoli, the Grotto of Posillipo was a popular destination for travelers to Italy in the eighteenth century. Hubert Robert visited the site in 1760, on a trip he took with the abbé de Saint-Non (1727-1791


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