Hubert Robert

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Hubert Robert

1733-1808

View of the Campidoglio, Rome

1762

Red chalk on paper.

13 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (334 x 447 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

III, 117

Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.

Inscription:

Dated in red chalk, at lower left, "1762".

Provenance:

Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.

Associated names:

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 117, repr.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 100, repr.

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