Hubert Robert took numerous trips to Tivoli while in Rome between 1754 and 1765 and brought back many studies of the Temple of the Sybil. But views of the Temple from the cliffs, like in the present drawing, are rare in Robert's oeuvre. A painting of Tivoli with Meceneas Villa by Robert in the Musée du Palais shows the temple from the other side, J. de Cayeux, Les Hubert Robert de la Collection Veyrenc au Musée de Valence, Valence, 1985, fig. 14.