The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples

Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808) The tomb of Virgil at Posilipo, Naples signed and dated 'H. ROBERT / 1784' (lower left, on the stone slab) and indistinctly inscribed 'QUI CINERES: TUMULI HAEC VESTIGIA: [C]ONDI[TUR] [OLIM] / ILLE HIC QUI CECIN[IT] PASCUA RURA DUCES' (lower left, on the rock) and 'MANTVA ME GENVIT [...]' (lower right, on the stone slab) oil on canvas 24 ¼ x 28 5/8 in. (61.5 x 72.7 cm.)