La fileuse: Capriccio with the Pyramid of Cestius, a statue of Hercules, Roman altars, sarcophagi and amphorae, a woman spinning and a child

Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808) La fileuse: Capriccio with the Pyramid of Cestius, a statue of Hercules, Roman altars, sarcophagi and amphorae, a woman spinning and a child signed, located and dated 'DESSINE A STE PELAGIE PAR H ROBER... L'AN DEUSIE. DE LA REPUBLIC' (on the slab, lower right) black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, on a feigned mount with a gold framing line 14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (37.1 x 24.5 cm.) (drawing); 18 x 12¾ in. (45.7 x 32.3 cm.) (sheet)