Hubert Robert

Anonymous sale, Monte Carlo, Sotheby's, 22 June 1985, lot 168.

New York, Wildenstein & Co., Hubert Robert: The Pleasure of Ruins, 15 November-16 December 1988.

M. Mosser, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, 1739-1813, architecture et décor, exhibition catalogue, Paris 1986, pp. 285-6, under no. 359 (as Claude Louis Châtelet);
M. Mosser, "La Réunion des art est dans le jardin", in Le Progrés des arts réunis 1763-1815; mythe culturel, des origines de la Révolution à la fin de l'Empire, Talence 1992, p. 175, reproduced, fig. 29. 

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This painting has been recently restored and framed. It should be hung in its current state. Under ultraviolet light, a few retouches can be seen in the sky. There is also a spot of retouching in the trees on the right and another in the lower right corner, but the remainder of the picture seems to be very well preserved.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

This work will be included in the critical catalogue of the paintings of Hubert Robert currently being prepared under the auspices of the The Wildenstein Institute.