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Creator
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Hubert Robert (1733-1808)
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Title
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Le Décintrement d'une des Arches du Pont de Neuilly
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Date
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[Painted in 1772]
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Description
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Oil on canvas
28 x 38 ¼ in. (c. 71 x 97 cm.)
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Provenance
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H. de Trudaine, Paris, by 1772. Jean-Robert Tronchin (sale, Paris, Le Brun, Hôtel de Bullion, 12-15 January 1780, lot 109, sold to); Jean du Bois, Paris (sale, Paris, Le Brun, Hotel Lubert, 31 March 1784, lot 129, sold to); Hamon. [Paul Cailleux, Paris, by 1933]. Private Collector, Belgium. [Del Place & Fils, by June 1959, sold to]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, and Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, possibly sold November 1960 to]; Atlantic Art Association, returned March 1961 to; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, and Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1884-1994), New York, sold November 1964 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.
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Auction Catalogues
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1780 – Paris, Le Brun, Hôtel de Bullion, 12-15 January 1780, Jean-Robert Tronchin sale, lot 109, sold on 12 January 1780, 52 1 livres to Jean Dubois.
1784 - Paris, Le Brun, Hôtel de Lubert, 31 March – 5 April 1784, Jean Dubois sale, lot 129, sold on 31 March 1785, 50 livres to Hamon [or Gamond? Gamont? INHA copy.]
Possibly 1809 – Paris, Paillet, 5 – 12 April 1809, Feu Hubert Robert, Artiste, sale, lot 69, ‘Une autre grande Etude. Décintrement d’une des Arches du Pont de Neuilly’, sold on 7 April 1809, 45 francs to Daval or Lavallée.
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Exhibitions
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1933 – Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Exposition Hubert Robert, à l’occasion du Deuxième Centenaire de sa Naissance, 1933, pp. 93-4, no. 145, owned by M. Paul Cailleux, Paris.
1937 – Paris, La Ville de Paris, Retrospective, 1937.
1939 – Liege, Grand Saison Internationale de l’Eau.
1962 – Poughkeepsie, NY, Hubert Robert (1733-1808) Paintings and Drawings, Vassar College Art Gallery, 9 October – 11 November 1962, no. 5.
1963 – New York, Finch College Museum of Art, A Loan Exhibition of French Masters of the Eighteenth Century, 27 February – 7 April 1963, cat. no. 33.
1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 41, illus.
1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, p. 70, illus.
1968 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Civic and Cultural Center, Selections from the Herrington Collection, Inaugural Exhibition of the Arts Museum, 3-19 May 1968, no. 36, illus.
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References
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Gabillot, C. Hubert Robert et son temps. Paris: Librarie de L’Art, 1895, pp. 119-20. Discusses the original version of this subject, and other appearances in Robert’s later 1809 sale, and the 1775 Salon.
Nolhac, Pierre de. Hubert Robert 1733-1808. Paris: Goupil & Cie., 1910, p. 100, ‘Même Sujet [Le Décintrement du pont de Neuilly. – Sur le devant, divers groups de figures.]
Sentenac, Paul. Hubert Robert. Paris: Les Éditions Rieder, 1929, p.44-5.
Lanne, Simone. “Hubert Robert, Parisien.” L’Art et les Artistes (December 1933): pp. 74, 77, illus. ‘Coll. M. Caillieux.’
“Notable Works of Art Now on the Market: Supplement.” The Burlington Magazine Vol. 101, No. 681 (December 1959): Plate XVII, illus.
Newhouse Galleries, New York. Advertisement, The Burlington Magazine Vol. 102) (September 1960): pxiv, illus.
Frick Photo Archive, Frick Art Reference Library, New York
J.E. Bulloz, Paris Photograph
Newhouse Galleries photograph
The Getty Research Institute Photo Study Collection, Los Angeles, CA: 76.P.55, Renaissance to Modern, ND544 Box 82: FRENCH, ROBERT, HUBERT (1733-1808)—Paintings—Topographical Views. Le Décintrement d’une des Arches du Pont de Neuilly (ad). Photo, Newhouse Galleries, from Burlington Magazine 1959.
The Getty Research Institute Photo Study Collection, Los Angeles, CA: 76.P.55, Renaissance to Modern, ND544 Box 82: FRENCH, ROBERT, HUBERT (1733-1808)—Paintings—Topographical Views. Le Décintrement d’une des Arches du Pont de Neuilly (ad). Photo, Newhouse Galleries, from Burlington Magazine 1960.
The Witt Library Courtauld Institute. London Fiche No. 6088: French School. Boxes 2196-7: Robert, H. Le décentrement du pont de Neuilly. Burlington. December 1959.
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Status
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Under research
