Master Paintings
Master Paintings
Hubert Robert
Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a palace; Figures resting by a portico with a statue of a woman
Auction Closed
May 25, 03:13 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Hubert Robert
1733 - 1808
Washerwomen by a pool before the ruins of a palace;
Figures resting by a portico with a statue of a woman
the latter signed and dated lower right: H.ROBERT. / P.1772
a pair, both oil on canvas, ovals
each canvas: 23¼ by 18¾ in.; 59 by 47.5 cm.
each framed: 28¾ by 24 in.; 73 by 61 cm.
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Maréchal Count Louis Ernst Joseph de Sparre, Count of Sparre and Baron Kronenberg (b. 1737);
His daughter Baroness Marie Stanislas Joséphine Sparre (1764-1824), later wife of Baron Fabian Wrede of Elima (d. 1824);
Her second husband Baron Fredrik de Tersmeden, Stockholm (1752-1819);
Baron Claes Gustaf Adolf Tamm, Stockholm (d. 1925);
Torsten Kreuger, Stockholm (1884-1973);
H. Krueger, Geneva, by 1980;
Samuel Thomas Fee, Oklahoma (1920-1985);
His sale, New York, Christie's, 9 May 1985, lot 2;
With Newhouse Galleries, New York;
Private collection, Houston, Texas;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Private Collector'), New York, Christie's, 2 November 2000, lot 197;
With Hall & Knight, New York;
From whom acquired by the present owner in 2001.
His daughter Baroness Marie Stanislas Joséphine Sparre (1764-1824), later wife of Baron Fabian Wrede of Elima (d. 1824);
Her second husband Baron Fredrik de Tersmeden, Stockholm (1752-1819);
Baron Claes Gustaf Adolf Tamm, Stockholm (d. 1925);
Torsten Kreuger, Stockholm (1884-1973);
H. Krueger, Geneva, by 1980;
Samuel Thomas Fee, Oklahoma (1920-1985);
His sale, New York, Christie's, 9 May 1985, lot 2;
With Newhouse Galleries, New York;
Private collection, Houston, Texas;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Private Collector'), New York, Christie's, 2 November 2000, lot 197;
With Hall & Knight, New York;
From whom acquired by the present owner in 2001.