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Brown drawing of a ruined interior with broken brick walls, arched windows, rubble, and small figures including two women in long dresses in the foreground.

Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781

A pale brown drawing of a ruined multi-story building interior, with broken walls, arched windows and rubble-strewn ground. Small figures in the foreground include two women in long dresses and a man with a staff, while a figure works near the lower left.

Artist
Hubert Robert
Date
1781
Medium
Black chalk on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2176 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1808).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Alan Rutenberg, Margaret Day Blake and Harold Joachim Endowments

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