An Eclectic Selection Headed by Hubert Robert

Published on 24 May 2024, by Claire Papon et Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 30 May 2024 - 18:00 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

After a first opus last year (June 6, 2023), the Giquello auction house is back at it again with the dispersal of some fifteen works whose only common denominator is... diversity.

Hubert Robert (1733-1808), Ruines d'architecture et figures, pair of oil on canvas,... An Eclectic Selection Headed by Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert (1733-1808), Ruines d'architecture et figures, pair of oil on canvas, 77 x 92 cm/30.31 x 36.22 in (detail of one on right).
Estimate: €100,000/150,000 (the pair)

A gold and steel saber by Nicolas Boutet (Empire, c. 1805), a possible gift given to Prince Joachim Murat, is sure to be the subject of a fine bidding battle. It will garner no less than €500,000/800,000, while a terracotta sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz Homme à la guitare , from 1920, is expected to fetch €400,000/450,000.…

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