The Mouth of a Cave

The Mouth of a Cave
Artist	Hubert Robert
Year	1784
Medium	Oil on canvas
Subject	Clotilde García del Castillo
Dimensions	174.6 cm× 79.4 cm(68.7 in× 31.3 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Mouth of a Cave is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Hubert Robert, created in 1784. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. ^[1]

Description

The Mouth of a Cave was painted by Robert as part of a set of six paintings for the younger brother of Louis XVI. The work was at one point damaged by water, though it was later restored. ^[1]

The subject is likely to be inspired by the Grotta del Tuono in the Gulf of Naples. The Posillipo tunnel has also been suggested as a possible source of inspiration. ^[2]

See also

• The Bathing Pool , one of the other paintings of the set

References

1. "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
2. Baetjer, Katharine (2019). French Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Early Eighteenth Century through the Revolution. New York City: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 291. ISBN   978-1-58839-661-7.