The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
A Palace with an Arched Bridge (A Roman Villa)
1760
Location: not on view
Description
Hubert Robert had been living in Rome for five years when he executed this watercolor. He was fascinated by the architecture and gardens he saw in Italy and became especially interested in the picturesque interaction between Italy's rich artistic past and the daily life he saw on the streets. This sheet does not represent an actual view. It is, rather, an invention of the artist, who liked to create architectural fantasies by combining the different types of structures he became familiar with in Rome. Here, he enlivened the view with washerwomen doing laundry.- Orr, London (according to Butkin records). Stephanie Maison, London (according to Butkin records). Arcade Gallery, London (according to Butkin records); purchased in 1975.
- Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Referenced: cat. no. 10, p. 30-31, Reproduced: p. 31
- French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.362