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THE PROPERTY OF NANCY RICHARDSON
HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733-1808)
A porphyry vase with flowers and garlands silhouetted against the sky
Details
HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733-1808)
A porphyry vase with flowers and garlands silhouetted against the sky
oil on canvas
27 x 55½ in. (68.6 x 141 cm.)
A porphyry vase with flowers and garlands silhouetted against the sky
oil on canvas
27 x 55½ in. (68.6 x 141 cm.)
Provenance
M. Malvilan, Grasse.
Camille Groult, Paris.
Camille Groult, Paris.
Literature
Baron R. Portalis, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paris, 1889, p. 290 ('VASES de FLEURS avec guirlandes. Quatre panneaux de forme carrée, formant dessus de portes. Peintures sur toile, attribuées par M. Malvilan à Fragonard. -- Chez M. Malvilan, à Grasse').
M. and F. Faré, La Vie Silencieuse en France, La Nature Morte au XVIIIè Siècle, Fribourg, 1976, p. 276.
M. and F. Faré, La Vie Silencieuse en France, La Nature Morte au XVIIIè Siècle, Fribourg, 1976, p. 276.
Exhibited
Grasse, Musée Fragonard, Oeuvres de Fragonard, 1957, no. 25, as Fragonard.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Cinq siècles d'art français, 1958, no. 96, as Fragonard.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Cinq siècles d'art français, 1958, no. 96, as Fragonard.