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Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

  • News Items : Ribera and Hubert Robert : Two Successful Fundraisers 13/01/2014

    Two French museums recently succeeded in reaching their fundraising goals to acquire important works for their collections. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes which wanted to purchase an early work by Ribera thus raised the needed 300,000€ for (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : Continuation (and End) of Drawing Exhibitions in Paris 18/04/2013

    We end our review of exhibitions in Paris organized around the Salon du Dessin on a late note since, their number having increased significantly this year, it took us more time to see them all. Before crossing the river to the left bank, we (...)

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  • News Items : Various Exhibitions in Paris around the Salon du Dessin 16/04/2013

    There are many exhibitions this year during the Salon du Dessin in private galleries around Paris. Besides the ones we mentioned earlier, here are a few more presenting some very beautiful offerings. Certainly the most outstanding is at Boquet (...)

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  • News Items : Fundraising Drives : Hubert Robert for Valence, CMN and Ecole des Chartes 02/12/2012

    The Musée de Valence recently launched a fundraising drive for the acquisition of a very beautiful painting by Hubert Robert representing a Mediterranean Pier from the Michel Descours Gallery in Lyon. The work had been presented in a landscape (...)

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  • News Items : The Louvre Pre-Empts a Painting by Hubert Robert 18/11/2012

    On 29 November 1789, Baron de Besenval, the military commander of the Ile-de-France region and of the Paris garrison when the first Revolutionary riots broke out (but also a great collector of Northern European paintings), was imprisoned at the (...)

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  • Exhibitions : For the Love of Art. French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th century Rome 10/04/2012

    Over the course of the 18th century, despite several exceptions, notably that of Venice, Italy's artistic stardom began to fade and its dominance to recede in favor of French painting. For this reason, the history of French artists who traveled (...)

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  • News Items : Several drawing exhibitions in Paris 14/04/2011

    Thanks to the Salon du Dessin, the number of events taking place elsewhere in the city at the same time continues to grow every year, extending the list of must-sees for visitors. 2011 was no different with even more exhibitions, from the Cercle (...)

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  • News Items : Acquisitions for the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille : 1789, the Revolution 05/11/2010

    We conclude here a series of three articles on recent acquisitions made by the Musée de Vizille, this time of works from around 1789, the date of the French Revolution.

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  • News Items : From Roelandt Savery to Theodore Rousseau : four new landscapes at the Getty 30/12/2008

    Last 10 December the Getty Museum announced the purchase of Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony by Roelandt Savery

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  • News Items : Several preemptions at the sale of Lefuel collection architectural drawings 20/07/2008

    On 26 June, Millon & Associés sold an exceptional collection of architectural drawings at the Hôtel Drouot, the whole accompanied by a luxurious catalogue.

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner