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Colonnade and Gardens of the Medici Palace
Style of Hubert Robert · After 1870
Provenance
Ownership history
- Said to be in the collection of Comte de Baudoin [document from Jean Cailleux, Paris, in curatorial file]; Pierre Decourcelle, Paris; sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 29–30, 1911, lot 43; Stettiner [inscribed in margin of Georges Petit catalogue]. Comte Charles de Rohan-Chabeot; Gabriel Cognacq collection; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 11–13, 1952, lot 86. Guy Bolton, New York; E. V. Thaw and Co., New York; Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, by 1968; given to Art Institute, 1968.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1947, no. 119.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, January 24–March 28, 1976, no. 15.
- Beijing, Palace Museum, Garden Cultures of China and the West, Apr. 1–June 30, 2025; Suzhou Museum, July 19–Oct. 31, 2025; Ningbo Museum, Dec. 5, 2025–Mar. 8, 2026; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Apr. 23–July 29, 2026 [Beijing, Ningbo Museum and Hong Kong only].
- Beijing, Palace Museum, Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World, Apr. 1–June 30, 2025, cat. 87; Suzhou China, Suzhou Museum, July 19–Oct. 31, 2025; Ningbo, China, Ningbo Museum, Dec. 5, 2025–Mar. 8, 2026; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Apr. 23–July 29, 2026 (Beijing, Ningbo and Hong Kong only).
Literature
Published references
- Paysage d’Italie, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1947, no. 119, .ill.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1968–69, p. 16.
- Art Institute of Chicago Calendar 1969, n.p.
- John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 1970, pp. 61–62, 285.
- John Maxon, et al., Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1976, pp. 10, 26, no. 15, ill.
- Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World, exh. cat. (Beijing: Gu gong chu ban she, 2025), 144 (ill.), cat. 87.
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