Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

A capriccio with the Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli, Capuchin priests standing amongst the ruins

Details

Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
A capriccio with the Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli, Capuchin priests standing amongst the ruins
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor
12½ x 17½ in. (317 x 444 mm.)

Provenance

Possibly P.-J. Mariette; Paris, 15 November 1775 - 30 January 1776, probably part of lot 1345.
A.D. Bérard (L. 75).
Henri Lacroix.
Louis Cartier; Sotheby's Monaco, 26 November 1979, lot 515.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 13 December 1984, lot 125.

Literature

C. Gabillot, Hubert Robert et son temps, Paris, 1895, p. 125, illustrated.

Lot Essay

Huts similar to the one on the left often appear in Robert's drawn oeuvre, as in the red chalk drawing in the Musée de Beaux-Arts, Valence, V. Carlson, Hubert Robert, Drawings & Watercolors, exhib. cat., Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1978, no. 14b.

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