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The Scottish painter David Roberts (1796–1864) moved from an apprenticeship in house painting through theatrical scenery to landscape. His compositions combine architectural precision with atmospheric effects. Lithographs after his watercolours gave wide circulation to views developed from journeys through Europe and the Middle East, carrying these images far beyond the places where they originated.
With Louis Haghe, he produced the images for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia from sketches gathered in 1838–1839. The project belongs to the European Orientalist view of monuments. Interior of the Mosque of Metwalis, Cairo, in the National Galleries of Scotland, also records his interest in living religious spaces. Mont St Michel (1848), an oil on panel in the same collection, recalls the European scope of his architectural landscapes.
This profile brings together identity references for David Roberts and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Koller · Piguet
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Oil on artist’s board
Kircheninterieur mit Staffage.
Öl auf Malkarton
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Watercolour
"Minister Street, Berne"
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2020-11-24 — 2020-12-09
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
View over the Grand Canal towards Santa Maria della Salute. 1852.
oil on canvas
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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