Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781

Provenance

Georges Haumont, Sevres, by 1933 [Paris 1933]. Galerie Cailleux (Jean de Cayeux), Paris, by 1952 [Boucher 1952, stamp (Lugt 4461) recto, lower right, in black ink]; sold to the Art Institute, 1990.

Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781

Hubert Robert

1781

Accession Number

109510

Medium

Black chalk on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

46.2 × 36.1 cm (18 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Alan Rutenberg, Margaret Day Blake and Harold Joachim Endowments