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Drovers and their livestock before a ruined arch and obelisk; and Figures conversing on a ruined staircase
Details
Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1806)
Drovers and their livestock before a ruined arch and obelisk; and Figures conversing on a ruined staircase
the first signed 'H. ROBERT./ANNO D/1778' (lower right, on the base of the obelisk)
oil on canvas, oval
16½ x 13¾in. (42 x 35 cm.)
A Pair (2) (2)
Drovers and their livestock before a ruined arch and obelisk; and Figures conversing on a ruined staircase
the first signed 'H. ROBERT./ANNO D/1778' (lower right, on the base of the obelisk)
oil on canvas, oval
16½ x 13¾in. (42 x 35 cm.)
A Pair (2) (2)
Provenance
(The first) Miallet; sale, Paris, 9-10 June 1902, lot 35, with a different pendant 'Palais Italien' (16,450FF to Jacques Doucet).
Jacques Doucet; (+) sale, Lair-Dubriel, Paris, 6 June 1912, the first as lot 180, with the pendant 'Palais Italien', the second as lot 183, with the pendant 'Intérieur Rustique.'
Mme. Douine; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 11-2 April 1946, lots 28 and 29.
Jacques Doucet; (+) sale, Lair-Dubriel, Paris, 6 June 1912, the first as lot 180, with the pendant 'Palais Italien', the second as lot 183, with the pendant 'Intérieur Rustique.'
Mme. Douine; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 11-2 April 1946, lots 28 and 29.
Literature
(The first) P. de Nolhac, Hubert Robert, Paris, 1910, p. 156.