The Old Temple

1. Commissioned with its pendants (1900.383, 1900.384, 1900.385) by Jean Joseph, marquis de Laborde (died 1794), in 1787 for the Château de Méréville (near Etampes); the château was sold by Mme de Laborde, 1819 [see Simone de Lassus, “Quelques Détails inédits sur Méréville,” Bulletin de la Société de l’histoire de l’art français, année 1976 (1978), p. 286 n. 1]; the château was owned successively by: M. Ters and Mme d’Espagnat (sold 1824); comte de Saint-Roman (sold 1866); duc de Sessa (sold 1868); M. and Mme Beleys (sold 1869); la Société Cail (sold 1874); M. Heddle (sold 1889); Adam Natanson (sold 1890); M. Hériot (sold 1896); Prudent Carpentier (sold 1897, at which time the contents of the house were dispersed and the paintings probably sold) [See Simone de Lassus 1978, cited above; a letter from Bernard Binvel to Susan Wise dated May 5, 1987 states, perhaps erroneously, that Hériot sold the paintings in July of 1896]. M. L. François; sold Galerie George Petit, Paris, June 13, 1900, no. 2, to Durand-Ruel, acting on behalf of the Art Institute, with funds provided by Adolphus C. Bartlett, 1900.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June–November 1, 1934, no. 333.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of Eighteenth-Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, January 28–April 25, 1976, no.14a.
• Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, "Hubert Robert," June 26 - October 2, 2016, cat. 76.

• C. Gabillot, Hubert Robert et son temps (Paris, 1892), p. 168.
• “La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 3rd ser., 24, suppl. no. 26 (1900), p. 267.
• Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago, 1901), p. 212, no. 428.
• Alice V. Clarke, “Old World Treasures in Chicago,” Brush and Pencil 9, 2 (1901), p. 79.
• “Art News,” New York Times (October 12, 1901), p. 9.
• Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago, 1904), p. 210, no. 428.
• Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings and Other Objects (Chicago, 1907), p. 220, no. 428.
• Armand Dayot, “Le Centenaire d’Hubert-Robert,” L’Art et les Artistes 7 (1908), p. 204.
• Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Sculpture, Paintings, and Other Objects (Chicago, 1910), p. 197, no. 428.
• Pierre de Nolhac, Hubert Robert, 1733–1808 (Paris, 1910), pp. 58, 153, no. 2.
• Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago, 1913), p. 139, no. 428, ill.
• Tristan Leclère, Hubert Robert et Les Paysagistes français du XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1913), p. 92.

The Fountains

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The Landing Place

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The Obelisk

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Interior with a Couple Before a Chimney-Piece

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Fountain in the Park

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An Olive Oil Press

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An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

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Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781

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