Attributed to Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808)

L'arbre brisé
oil on canvas
23 1/4 x 31 1/4 inches.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Kianoosh Jafari

Note:

A drawing in red chalk by Robert that was possibly a study for the present lot is featured opposite page 24 in Hubert Robert 1733-1808 by Pierre de Nolhac. The drawing is titled Hof einer italienischen Gartenvilla, von der Fontana dell'Organo der Villa d'Este in Tivoli inspiriert (Courtyard of an Italian Garden Villa Inspired by the Fontana dell'Organo of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli) and is in the collection of the Albertina Museum in Vienna. When the present lot was sold at Christie's New York in November 2000, the lot essay noted that the painting would be included under "Related Works" in the then forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Hubert Robert by Joseph Baillio in conjunction with The Wildenstein Institute, Paris.

Provenance:

Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1990, Lot 113 (offered as "Attributed to Hubert Robert")

Harari & Johns Ltd., London (sold as by Hubert Robert)

Private Collection, Houston, Texas

Christie's, New York, Arts of France, 1 November 2000, Lot 146 (offered as "Attributed to Hubert Robert")

Literature:

Pierre de Nolhac, Hubert Robert 1733-1808, ed. Goupil & Cie (Paris: Manzi, Joyant & Cie, 1910), 24.

Hubert Robert, Hof einer italienischen Gartenvilla, von der Fontana dell'Organo der Villa d'Este in Tivoli inspiriert, 1763, red chalk, 42.8 cm x 33.7 cm, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/#/query/11fc1ada-e5a5-4e42-8a5b-06561586fe7f.