Hubert Robert

Gigoux collects ion
Mathiesen Ltd, London
Presented to the Right Hon Sir WINSTON CHURCHILL K.G., on the occasion of his 80th birthday by Representatives of Foreign States accredited to the Court of St. James's and the High Commissioners of the Commonwealth Countries, November 30th 1954

The sheet is fully laid down to a backing card. There appears to be a very minor paper imperfection to the third column in from the left, in keeping with the nature of the artist's materials. There are some very minor traces of surface dirt and studio detritus. The chalk is strong and subject to the above the work is in very good condition. The work is presented in a book mount and a carved and gilt frame.
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Nicknamed ‘Robert des Ruines’, Hubert Robert became a popular figure in the 18^th Century art world, where he was highly praised for his often fictionalised depictions of architectural ruins. Travelling to Rome in the 1750s, he developed close links with artists including Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Giovanni Paolo Panini, who helped to shape his artistic perspective, and here he sketched the recently excavated ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, alongside further architectural landmarks of the capital. The present work (alongside a counterproof taken from the drawing) was sketched in situ at the Palace of the Conservatives in Rome, and was a preparatory work for the circular-shaped painting Interior of an Ancient Temple at the Paris Salon of 1798, now housed in the Museum of Replica Handbags s in Dijon.