# Villa Farnese with Gardens at Caprarola [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBERT, Hubert]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 46 x 72 cm ## Commentary Villa Farnese with Gardens at Caprarola c. 1764 Oil on canvas, 46 x 72 cm Private collection Robert is known to have visited Caprarola in 1761 and 1764. On both occasions he produced a number of drawings and paintings which would serve him as models for later capricci. The figures, most usually washerwomen \(as here\), are shown engaged in everyday activities and are set in dramatic architectural surroundings in various states of decay and disrepair. ## Related artworks - [A Boy and a Dog among Ruins]() - [A Grand Staircase]() - [A Scene in the Grounds of the Villa Farnese, Rome]() - [An Architectural Capriccio]() - [Ancient Roman Bath with Women Washing Laundry]() - [Ancient Ruins Used as Public Baths]() - [Architectural Capriccio]() - [Architectural Landscape with a Canal]() - [Architectural Scene with Women Washing Clothes at a Pool]() - [Avenue in a Park]() - [Demolition of the Houses on the Pont Notre-Dame in 1786]() - [Design for the Grande Galerie in the Louvre \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()