Hubert Robert

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Hubert Robert
1733-1808
The Stables at the Villa Giulia
ca. 1759
Red chalk.
18 1/2 x 14 inches (468 x 356 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.220

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Watermark: fleur-de-lis within a double circle.

Provenance: 
Possibly the artist's family, perhaps one of the many drawings sold in lots in his sale, 5 April 1809; possibly Destailleur; art market, Paris (presence of customs stamp on verso of mount indicates that it passed through Paris, probably in the 1930s); private collection, Florida; sale, New York, William Doyle Galleries, 25 January 1989, lot 86; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 335, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 29.

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