2016.237: Artist Sketching amid Roman Ruins
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2016.237
- People
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Hubert Robert, French (Paris 1733 - 1808 Paris)
- Title
- Artist Sketching amid Roman Ruins
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1754 -1765
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/356747
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black chalk on beige antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 × 30 cm (8 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, center, graphite: [outline of a square]
- inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: flea [crossed out with black ink]
- inscription: verso, upper left, black ink: No 15
- inscription: upper left, graphite: [illegible text, erased]
- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: [illegible text, erased]
- inscription: lower center, graphite: [illegible text, erased]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Probably the collection of the artist. Private Collection, Paris; to Private Collection Boston, 2007 or 2008, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eunice Williams in honor of Anne and the late Antoine de Margerie
- Accession Year
- 2016
- Object Number
- 2016.237
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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