Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagus to left decorated with reliefs, a pyramid to right in the background half-hidden by cyprus trees, from "Les soirées de Rome"

ca. 1763–64

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.5 x 14 cm) plate: 5 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (13.8 x 9.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.41.6
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Hubert Robert. Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagus to left decorated with reliefs, a pyramid to right in the background half-hidden by cyprus trees, from "Les soirées de Rome". Hubert Robert; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagus to left decorated with reliefs, a pyramid to right in the background half-hidden by cyprus trees, from "Les soirées de Rome" — Hubert Robert. ca. 1763–64.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.5 x 14 cm) plate: 5 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (13.8 x 9.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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