The Peasant Dance, c. 1770/1775

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink with gray and brown wash and black chalk over a black chalk counterproof, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 36.3 x 28.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1963.15.26

Artists / Makers

Hubert Robert (artist) French, 1733 - 1808

Image Use

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Provenance

Francois Coty [1874-1934], Paris (sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 30 November- 1 December 1936, no. 13). Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1937 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Coty, François
Galerie Charpentier
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Owen, Richard

Bibliography

1977: Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: p.341: dK470, fig.310.

1978: Carlson, Victor. Hubert Robert Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 34.