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The Oval Staircase at the Villa d'Este

Hubert Robert
1733-1808

The Oval Staircase at the Villa d'Este

18 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches (480 x 495 mm)
Watercolor, with brush and brown wash, over chalk, on paper.
1996.164

Bequest of Miss Alice Tully.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
The subject of this drawing was formerly identified as a view of the gardens at the Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati.
Associated names
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Lagoy, Jean-Baptiste de Meryan, marquis de, 1764-1829, former owner.
Crozat, M. (Pierre), 1661-1740, former owner.
Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1753-1830, former owner.
Dalberg, Emmerich-Joseph, Herzog von, 1773-1833, former owner.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, former owner.
Bibliography
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 75 (as Private collection, promised gift to The Pierpont Morgan Library; misidentified as "The Entrance to the Villa Aldobrandini")
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. 96, repr. (as Private collection, promised gift to The Pierpont Morgan Library)
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department