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Hubert Robert

The Obelisk in Saint Peter's Square, 1754/1765

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series Title

Album of Drawings: p.8

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall: 12.4 x 8.9 cm (4 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
support: 15.6 x 21.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1984.3.50

Artists / Makers

Hubert Robert (artist) French, 1733 - 1808

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Provenance

David David-Weill [1871-1952], by 1928.[1] Julius S. Held [1905-2002]; acquired 1984 by the NGA.

[1]Henriot, Gabriel, Collection David-Weill, 3 vols. Paris,1926-1928:3:391.

Associated Names

David-Weill, David
Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

2009: Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 186-188, 286-287, no. 82c (color).

Bibliography

1926: Henriot, Gabriel, Collection David-Weill. 3 vols. Paris,1926-1928, 3 (pt. 2): 391-392.

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