HUBERT ROBERT (1733–1808)
A capriccio featuring ancient ruins, a fountain in the foreground, and a self-portrait of the artist at work
Year
1797
Medium
Oil on canvas; unframed, on its original stretcher
Dimensions
242 x 242 cm;
95 1/4 x 95 1/4 in.
Signed and dated
Signed and dated Robert / 1797 (on the board held by the figure wearing red, lower left)
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Provenance
Sale, Paris, Charpentier, 27 April 1951, lots 45 (consigned by Madame F. Vernez of 30
Avenue de Messine, Paris) and 46 (consigned by Charles Paul Henri Wallon (1875 – 1958)
of 86 Avenue de Breteuil, Paris);
Where acquired by the Riquelme Gallery, Biarritz (for 1,200,000 Francs);
Bartolomé March Servera (1917 – 1998), Paris;
By descent to his daughter Leonor March Cencillo, Spain, since the 1970s;
From whom acquired by the present owners.
Where acquired by the Riquelme Gallery, Biarritz (for 1,200,000 Francs);
Bartolomé March Servera (1917 – 1998), Paris;
By descent to his daughter Leonor March Cencillo, Spain, since the 1970s;
From whom acquired by the present owners.
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