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Hubert ROBERT (Paris, 1733 - 1808) Draughtswoman...

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Hubert ROBERT (Paris, 1733 - 1808) Draughtswoman in front of a ruined chapel Sanguine. Dry stamp of the editor F. Renaud (L.1042) in the lower right corner. (Glued on its old mounting). 29,4 x 37,4 cm Provenance : - Former collection Louis Cournerie (1820-1891), painter and expert; his sale after death, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Chevalier, December 8-9, 1891, no. 102 (sold for 20 francs). - Former collection of Hippolyte Durand-Tahier (1863-1899), secretary general of the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1890 to 1899. By descent. - Anonymous sale, Mes Mirabaud et Mercier, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 March 2019, no. 42, reproduced. The group of figures on the left of the composition is partly found in the Vue du château de la Roche-Guyon, painted by Hubert Robert around 1773-1775 (Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts).