Hubert Robert 1733 – Paris – 1808 Two washerwomen at a Triton fountain in a square with a statue of Jupiter

Pen and brush and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper with trimmed watermark “crown”. (1757-1765). 17.9 x 23.3 cm.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Works on paper

Details

Literatur zum Skizzenbuch:
Robert O. Parks, Piranesi, Northampton MA 1961, S. 74;
Jonathan Scott, Piranesi, London 1975, S. 175, S. 311, Anm. 9;
Jean de Cayeux, Hubert Robert et les Jardins, Paris 1987, S. 26.

Ausstellung:
Galerie Cailleux, Paris, “Hubert Robert, Louis Moreau, Exposition Du Cent-Cinquantenaire de Leur Mort”, 26.11.-20.12.1957, Kat. 1 Liste, S. 47. Folio 15 (als “Parc de la Villa Ludovisi”);
Victor Carlson, Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolours, Ausst.-Kat. Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1978, Kat.-Nr. 24 (zum gesamten Skizzenbuch).

Provenienz:
Sotheby’s, London, Auktion, 3.7.1985, Los 185;
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auktion, 18.6.2010, Los 92;
Privatsammlung, München, in voriger Auktion erworben.

Description

View of the main building of the Villa Ludovisi gardens near the Porta Pinciana, now known as the Casino dell’Aurora. A man has taken a seat in the shadow of the colossal head of Juno Ludovisi, described enthusiastically by Goethe as his “first love in Rome”, and is recording what he has seen on the pages of his sketchbook while his fellow traveller looks over his shoulder. – The outer margins slightly browned by light. A barely noticeable diagonal crease. The lower left corner with a few tiny tears. Verso with narrow mounting strips all round. In fine condition.