Colonnade and Gardens of the Medici Palace

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

After 1870

Style of Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

Status: On loan to Palace Museum (China) in Beijing for Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Style of Hubert Robert
Title: Colonnade and Gardens of the Medici Palace
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1870–1968
Medium: Oil on panel
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right: H.R. 1785 (on riser of bottom step)
Dimensions: 31.4 × 26.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Framed: 44.5 × 39.4 × 4.5 cm (17 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Adelaide H. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1968.616
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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.

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; 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].

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.

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