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accession number: 1951.485
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Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili, 1774. Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808). Pen and black ink and watercolor with black chalk underdrawing and heightened with white gouache on cream laid paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry D. Kendrick, 1951.485
title: Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili
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creation date: 1774
creation date earliest: 1774
creation date latest: 1774
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creditline: Gift of Harry D. Kendrick
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: Pen and black ink and watercolor with black chalk underdrawing and heightened with white gouache on cream laid paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Italian and French Drawings
opening date: 1959-10-13T04:00:00
Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960).
title: Ruins of Rome
opening date: 1960-12-15T05:00:00
Ruins of Rome. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (December 15, 1960-February 15, 1961); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (March 26-May 7, 1961).
title: Hubert Robert: 1733-1808
opening date: 1962-10-09T04:00:00
Hubert Robert: 1733-1808. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (organizer) (October 9-November 11, 1962).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
title: European Watercolors Through the 18th Century
opening date: 1964-01-14T05:00:00
European Watercolors Through the 18th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 14-March 22, 1964).
title: Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands
opening date: 1965-01-01T05:00:00
Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).
title: French Drawings
opening date: 1965-11-16T05:00:00
French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1965-February 16, 1966).
title: France in the 18th Century
opening date: 1968-01-05T05:00:00
France in the 18th Century. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 5-March 3, 1968).
title: Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors
opening date: 1978-11-19T05:00:00
Hubert Robert: Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (November 19, 1978-February 4, 1979).
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
title: Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1982-11-16T05:00:00
Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).
title: French Drawings from the Collection
opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00
French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00
Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Watercolors by the Masters: Dürer to Cézanne. Minneapolis Institute of Arts (May 1 - June 15, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-05-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Private Coll., France
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Wildenstein & Co., NY
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H. G. Dalton, Cleveland
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H. D. Kendrick, Cleveland
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Private Coll., France; (Wildenstein & Co., NY); H. G. Dalton, Cleveland; H. D. Kendrick, Cleveland
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April - June 1953." Art Quarterly 16, no. 4 (Winter 1953): 346-365.
page number: Mentioned: p. 353
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Watercolors by the Masters: Dürer to Cézanne. Exh. Cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1952.
page number: Mentioned: no. 23
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Francis, Henry. "'Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili' a Water-Color Drawing by Hubert Robert." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no.1 (January 1956): 9-11.
page number: Mentioned: p. 9; Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142095
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 156
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n180
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 156
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n180
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 186
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n206
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, and Stephen Ongpin. Master Drawings 2018.
London : Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. [88], p. [178]
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IMAGES
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