Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Property from a European Private Collection
Hubert Robert
A Couple in the Gardens of a Roman Villa
Lot Closed
July 4, 11:17 AM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Hubert Robert
Paris 1733 - 1808
A Couple in the Gardens of a Roman Villa
pen and grey ink and watercolour over red chalk heightened with white
280 by 363 mm
Sale, Paris, Tajan, 24 March 2003, lot 40;
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2014, lot 77
Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Le dessin français de Watteau à Prud’hon, 1951, no. 118
Robert spent over five years in Italy, arriving in Rome in 1759 from Paris. This charming scene depicts a couple with their child resting in the gardens of a Roman villa. Robert has chosen an architectural fantasy as his backdrop and whilst it is broadly reminiscent of various known villas, this view is a capriccio.