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Hubert Robert
1733-1808
The Avenue of Trees
Red chalk on paper.
14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (367 x 286 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 118
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Watermark: Vanderley.
According to Charles Fairfax Murray who catalogued the drawing, there was a small picture closely resembling this drawing in the Doucet collection.
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 118, repr.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 76, repr. in color.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 79, repr. [Kurt Zeitler]
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