Charitable Ladies

Hubert Robertc. 1780/1785

Details

Title: Charitable Ladies
Creator: Hubert Robert
Date Created: c. 1780/1785
Physical Dimensions: image: 37.8 x 26.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.) support: 48.3 x 36.8 cm (19 x 14 1/2 in.)
Provenance: George Blumenthal [1858-1941], Paris (sale, Paris, Galerie George Petit, 1-2 December 1932, no. 43, as _Les Dames Charitables_). Wessel. [1] Purchased 1933 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art. [1] The only available sale catalogue for the collector Wessel, which corresponds this time frame (1932-1933), is Elise Wessel’s sale, V. Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, 29-30 November 1933. However, there is no work in this catalogue by Hubert Robert.
Medium: pen and brown ink and watercolor over black chalk on laid paper

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