Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) The cave of Pausilippe Oil... Lot 28

Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) The cave of Pausilippe Oil on canvas 52 x 65 cm (Chancis, old lining, restorations) Provenance: Private collection Paris. label on the back fragmentary of sale Robert (Hubert) La Grotte former Coblentz collection old frame in carved wood The sun is shining in the background of the cave (tunnel linking Naples to Pozzuoli), illuminating the figures in the foreground, some of them moving towards the light. foreground, some of them moving towards the light. It is known that these compositions were conceived during his first trip to Naples in the spring of 1760 with the abbot Saint Non, some painted on the spot and others on his return. There are five other variants in oil: - Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts. - Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. - A plate painted in the prison of Saint Lazare, Stukker sale, Bern 1990. - An oval composition Exhibition at the Galerie Cailleux Paris, 1975. - Galerie Charpentier, December 5, 1955 then Art Valorem Drouot sale of March 21, 2018.