Lot 77
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Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
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Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)

A capriccio with the statue of Marcus Aurelius, figures among ruins in the foreground

Details
Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
A capriccio with the statue of Marcus Aurelius, figures among ruins in the foreground
signed and dated 'Hubert Robert 17...' and 'H....T Robert 1784'
black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash heightened with white
30 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (765 x 511 mm.)
Provenance
With Marius Paulme.
G. Dormeuil (L. 1146a).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This drawing seems to have been drawn as a pair to the preceeding lot. The large ruined temple in the background of the composition, freely inspired by the temples at Paestum, is also found in a large picture exhibited in the Salon of 1783 under the title Ruines d'un temple bâti à Athènes. The picture is now in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, H. Moulin, Hubert Robert et Saint-Petersbourg, exhib. cat., Valence, no. 35.

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