Artwork
Two Seated Women with Male Figure between Them [verso]
![Two Seated Women with Male Figure between Them [verso], by Hubert Robert, chalk, 1760](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/hubert-robert--two-seated-women-with-male-figure-between-them-verso--9d4728b580f83e62-w1024.webp)
Two Seated Women with Male Figure between Them [verso] is a chalk drawing by the Romanticist artist Hubert Robert. It dates from 1760 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
This drawing, created around 1760 by French artist Hubert Robert, is a black chalk sketch on laid paper titled Two Seated Women with Male Figure between Them.
Subject & Meaning
The sketch depicts two women seated together with a smaller figure between them, conveying a sense of interaction through their poses and gestures, such as one woman holding a fan and the other resting her hand on the smaller figure's shoulder.
Technique & Style
Executed in a loose, sketchy style with varying line weights, the drawing showcases Robert's use of black chalk to capture movement and texture, with softer edges contributing to a sense of fluidity.
Context
As an artist associated with Romanticism and known for landscapes and capricci, Robert's figural compositions like this one demonstrate his exploration of human interaction within picturesque settings.
Artist & collection
Artist
Hubert Robert (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy…
![Sheet of Studies [recto and verso], by John Flaxman](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/john-flaxman--sheet-of-studies-recto-and-verso--95f5fe7f81bc2d81-w320.webp)
Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]![Woman and Smaller Male Figure on Grand Stairway [recto], by Hubert Robert](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/hubert-robert--woman-and-smaller-male-figure-on-grand-stairway-recto--637e2104bb3633b6-w320.webp)
Woman and Smaller Male Figure on Grand Stairway [recto]
A Western woman with her children in Macau
Woman Playing a Harp (Lavinia Banks?)
drawing from Ionides Album![Statue of a Roman Woman (Female Deity?) Seen from the Side [verso], by Hubert Robert](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/hubert-robert--statue-of-a-roman-woman-female-deity-seen-from-the-side-vers--4bf9208a795411cc-w320.webp)
Statue of a Roman Woman (Female Deity?) Seen from the Side [verso]
Statue of a Female in a Toga
Three Groups of Dancers![Figure Studies [verso], by Thomas Sully](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/thomas-sully--figure-studies-verso--951eb42592bb5e4f-w320.webp)
Figure Studies [verso]
Two Seated Ladies