Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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allartclassic.com - Hubert Robert was a French painter, noted for his landscape paintings. His views of classical and contemporary architecture were immensely popular during his lifetime.
The painting depicts the fire at the Opera of the Palais Royal in 1781. Oil on canvas, 1.71 x 1.26 m. Paris, musee du Louvre