Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers à la prison de Saint-Lazare 1794

"Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers à la prison de Saint-Lazare" (1794) by Hubert Robert depicts a poignant scene within the Saint-Lazare prison in Paris. The painting captures a moment of daily life within the prison walls, where a group of prisoners, unseen but their hands reaching out, receive provisions from a woman outside. The scene is infused with a sense of both hardship and hope. Robert's work often addressed themes of social injustice, and this painting offers a glimpse into the conditions of the French prison system during the turbulent era of the French Revolution.