Inv. n°: MMoCA73MA

The Farandole Amidst Egyptian Monuments

h. 115 x w. 82.5 cm

Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Ex collection of M. Delvaux, Comte Lafond, France, 19th century, Comte Lafond is a vineyard in the Loire valley, so we could assume that the painting must have been of the family who originally commissioned the picture
  • Private European collection
  • Acquired at William Thuillier, London, 11th June 2009, lot 330

Publications

  • D. Alberge, "Rubens and Neo-Classical art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 301, fig. 12
  • "Le journal de l'été", Nice-Matin, August 2012, no. 23515, p. XII
  • Nice-Matin, January 2015, no. 24383, p. 9
  • Louvre Lens, "L'Égypte en héritage" in Vincent Rondot (dir.) (ed.), Champollion. La voie des hiéroglyphes, El Viso, France, 2022, pp. 52-53, pp. 68-70

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • Champollion, la voie des hiérglyphes, Musée du Louvre Lens, Lens, France, 28th September 2022 — 16th January 2023

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