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Draftsman in the Oratory of S. Andrea, S. Gregorio al Celio

Hubert Robert
1733-1808

Draftsman in the Oratory of S. Andrea, S. Gregorio al Celio

1763
12 15/16 x 17 5/8 inches (329 x 448 mm)
Red chalk.
1981.74

Thaw Collection.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
The artist is sketching Domenichino's fresco "The Flagellation of St. Andrew" in the Oratory of St. Andrew, adjacent to S. Gregorio al Celio, Rome.
Inscriptions/Markings
Dated in red chalk, at lower left corner, "1763".
Associated names
Beuret, M. le, Vicomte, former owner.
Férault, Charles, former owner.
Crocker, W. H., Mrs., former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 338, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 37, repr.
Denison, Cara D. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, p. 260, repr.
Twentieth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1984, p. 294.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 74, repr.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 94, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department