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Vaulted Staircase
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vaulted Staircase

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in brown inkHubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)/c. 1770–79

Description

The inscription on the panel over the arched doorway seems to refer to Robert's Russian patron, Count Alexandre Sergevitch Stroganov, who was in Paris between 1770 and 1779 and commissioned a series of monumental paintings from Robert.

Provenance

Possibly Count Alexandre Stroganov [1733-1811], St. Petersburg; Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon [1747-1825; Lugt 779], Paris; (Pérignon, Paris, Objets d'arts qui composent le cabinet de feu M. le Baron V. Denon, May 1-19, 1826, no. 736); (Richard Owen, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

44.1 × 28.2 cm

Movement / Period

Drawings

Accession No

1926.504

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

Drawings • France, 18th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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