Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) - Lot 162

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Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) - Lot 162
Hubert ROBERT (1733-1808) The Washerwomen Oil on canvas, oval, lined 52 x 45 cm Provenance : Madame P. de C. Then by descent Bibliography : Gabillot, Hubert Robert et son temps, Paris, 1895, p.252 Hubert Robert - Louis Moreau, Paris, Cailleux, 1957, n°6, p. 20 Exhibition : Huibert Robert - Louis Moreau, Paris, Cailleux, 1957, n°6 Son of a valet to the Marquis de Stainville, Hubert Robert apprenticed in the workshop of the sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz. In 1754, thanks to the support of Stainville (the future Duke of Choiseul), he obtained a place at the French Academy in Rome, where he remained until 1765 and was taught by Gian Paolo Panini. During this stay in Italy, he became friends with Jean-Honoré Fragonard and the Abbé de Saint-Non, whom he accompanied on his famous trip to Naples in 1760. Back in France, he became famous as a painter of ruins and landscapes and worked for the most prestigious Parisian collectors of his time, including Watelet, Mariette, Marigny and Breteuil... He entered the Academy in 1766 and exhibited the following year at the Salon where he was praised by Diderot. His fame only increased during the following three decades and, thanks to his artistic talents but also to his erudition, his jovial character and his brilliant mind, he became one of the most prominent figures of the Parisian society. Despite the insistence of Empress Catherine II, who repeatedly asked him to come to Russia, he preferred to pursue his career in Paris.The style of this painting allows us to date it from around 1765-1770. It may be one of the two paintings listed in the inventory after the death of Mrs. Robert's widow, August 18, 1821, No. 263: "two other oval paintings. In one we see a thatched cottage in the middle of a garden, and in the other a fountain and laundresses" (quoted in Gabillot, ref. op.cit.).
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