Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a palace; and Figures resting by a portico with a statue of a woman

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HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733-1808)
Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a palace; and Figures resting by a portico with a statue of a woman
the second signed and dated 'H.ROBERT./P.1772' (lower right, on the wall)
oil on canvas, oval
231/8 x 187/8 in. (58.7 x 47.9 cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

Louis Ernst Joseph Sparre.
Baroness Marie Stanislas Joséphine Sparre.
Baron Fabian Wrede, Elima (d. 1824).
Baron Fredrik Tersmeden, Stockholm (d. 1819).
Baron Claes Gustaf Adolf Tamm, Stockholm (d. 1925).
Torsten Krueger, Stockholm.
H. Krueger, Geneva, by 1980.
Samuel Thomas Fee, Oklahoma; his sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 1985, lot 2.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Houston, Texas.

Literature

Fort Worth, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum, Old Master Paintings: Cranach to Corot - Selected loans from a Private Collection, 23 January-14 March 1982, nos. 13-14, illustrated.

Lot Essay

A painting similar to the present Figures resting by a portico, but of smaller dimensions (48 x 36 cm.), was offered at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 February 1950, lot 1, with the title La villa Albani, à Rome.

The present pair of paintings is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Hubert Robert being prepared by Joseph Baillio with the assistance of the Wildenstein Institute.

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