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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy A Capriccio of Roman Architecture
A Capriccio of Roman Architecture A Capriccio of Roman Architecture

© Bristol Museum & Art Gallery


A Capriccio of Roman Architecture

Hubert Robert

Art Funded
1954
Dimensions
122 x 103 cm
Vendor
Agnew's
The loggia of the Villa Albani was a favourite subject with Hubert Robert during his visit to Rome in the comapny with Fragonard and the Abbe de Saint-Non about 1760.

Provenance

Camille Groult

Oil on canvas

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