The Fire of Rome
Hubert Robert · 1785
Why it's great
Hubert Robert paints the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 with a river-bridge silhouetted against the flames. According to Roman writers, Nero blamed the Christians, though many people thought he started it himself.
🏛️ Part of history
Imperial Rome & Pompeii (14–180) — Hubert Robert paints the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 with a river-bridge silhouetted against the flames.
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Hubert Robert was a French painter born in Paris in 1733. He spent years in Italy and became known as 'Robert of the Ruins' for his pictures of crumbling Roman monuments, and he later served as a keeper of the Louvre. He was imprisoned for a time during the French Revolution and died in Paris in 1808.
