Property of a Lady of Title
Circle of Hubert Robert
A) A view inspired by the Gardens of the Villa d'Este | B) A view inspired by La fontaine de l'Orgue at the Villa d'Este
Lot Closed
January 17, 03:19 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Both red chalk;
both bear signature and date: Roberti. 1765.
each 400 by 284 mm
(2)
This lot will not be on public view in our New Bond Street galleries but can be viewed by appointment at our warehouse. Please contact cameron.dileo@sothebys.com or sinead.rampersad@sothebys.com for further details.
These two drawings are direct copies after Hubert Robert compositions; the original drawings are now lost but known through counterproofs housed at the Musée des Beaux-Arts et D'archéologie at Besançon.1
1. Hubert Robert, A view inspired by the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, red chalk counterproof, Musée des Beaux-Arts at D'archéologie at Besançon (BM, inv. vol. 452, no. 34); Hubert Robert, A view inspired by La fontaine de l'Orgue at the Villa d'Este, red chalk counterproof (BM, inv. vol. 452, no. 38)