Hubert ROBERT (Paris 1733-1808)
Les lavandières sur le canal de Chantilly
Canvas 72,5 x 141 cm
Provenance :
Collection O. Aaron
Vente anonyme, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maîtres Binoche & Giquello, 3 June 2015, n°51, reproduced
Acquired at this sale by the current owner.
Hubert Robert decorated for the Count of Artois the "chambre des bains" of Bagatelle, with subjects identical to our painting, devoted to country pleasures (see the exhibition catalogue La folie d'Artois, Château de Bagatelle, D. Aaron, 1988, p.178, reproduced p.179).
Exhibition:
La folie d'Artois, Paris, Château de Bagatelle, 1988, reproduced p.179.