The Oval Fountain in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
1760
Artist, French, 1733 - 1808
Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 32.7 × 45.1 cm (12 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1990.129.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, England. (Wildenstein and Co., Inc, New York), 1965. Mr. and Mrs. Neil F. Phillips, Montpelier Station, VA; gift to NGA, 1990
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Hubert Robert, 1733-1808: Paintings and Drawings, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1962, no. 19.
1978
Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, no. 6 (Victor Carlson).
1981
Three Masters of Landscape: Fragonard, Robert, and Boucher. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1981, no. 25 (Pinkney Near).
1990
Claude to Corot: The Development of Landscape Painting in France. Colnaghi, New York, 1990, no. 40 (Alan Wintermute et al.).
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991, 98-99 (entry by Margaret Morgan Grasselli).
2009
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 192-193, 287, no. 84 (color).
2016
Hubert Robert, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2016, no. 37, repro.
Bibliography
1990
Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jean-Pierre Cuzin. J. H. Fragonard e H. Robert a Roma. Exh. cat. Villa Medici, Rome, 1990: 23 (fig. 5), 27, 30 note 14.
1993
Denison, Cara D. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries. Exh. cat. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal. Cambridge, MA and London, 1993: 169, fig. 2.
2005
Dessins anciens et du 19ème siècle. Sale cat., Christie's, Paris, 17 March 2005: under no. 383.
2006
Rosenberg, Pierre, with Claudine Lebrun Jouve. Les Fragonard de Besançon. Exh. cat. Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie. Milan, 2006: 206, fig. 120b.
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis in a circle with a crown (similar to Briquet 7112); countermark: undeciphered text
Wikidata ID
Q64574746