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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.587
People
Hubert Robert, French (Paris 1733 - 1808 Paris)
Title
Caravan of Shepherds
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Landscape with Caravan with Peasants
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1760
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297908

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
38.8 x 52.9 cm (15 1/4 x 20 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: None visible–drawing laid down

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.587
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sonia Couturier, ed., Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th-Century Rome, exh. cat., Silvana Editoriale and National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, 2011), cat. no. 35a, pp. 100-101, 225, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th-Century Rome, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 10/21/2011 - 01/02/2012

Verification Level

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