Capriccio of classical statues with amateur archaeologists excavating ruins

Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808) Capriccio of classical statues with amateur archaeologists excavating ruins signed and dated: 'H.ROBERT/DELINEAVIT/ANNO/1793' (on the fragment of an altar, lower right) black chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour, an extra strip added at the bottom by the artist, which is itself on two joined sheets. 18¾ x 25 3/8 in. (47.4 x 64.5 cm.)