Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

Rocky outcrops in a valley with trees and two shepherds resting in the foreground

Details
Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
Robert, H.
Rocky outcrops in a valley with trees and two shepherds resting in the foreground
red chalk
14.5/8 x 11.3/8 in. (371 x 290 mm.)
Provenance
The mounter's mark F. Renaud (L. 1042).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 April 1989, lot 109.

Lot Essay

Datable to the years 1770-5. Comparable in technique to two sheets at Valence, La mre et son fils sous de grands arbres, dated 1772, and La pche au pied du palais, J. de Cayeux, Les Hubert Robert de la collection Veyrenc au Muse de Valence, 1985, nos. 61 and 55, illustrated.