François-Antoine Robit or Citoyen Robit (1752 – August 29, 1815) was a French art collector whose collection was sold during the Napoleonic period in Paris in 1801. Michael Bryan had obtained funds from Sir Simon Clarke and

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to purchase 51 paintings from the Robit collection sale which he exhibited in his gallery on

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in November 1801. In fact, he brought about 80 items from the Robit sale that were later acquired by Hibbert and Clarke.Biographical details
and notes on the 1801 Robit sale in Getty provenance index Among the paintings were: File:Jean-Antoine Watteau La Surprise, oil on panel.jpg, La Surprise by Watteau File:Rembrandt, The Standard-Bearer, 1636.jpg, The Standard Bearer by Rembrandt

References

* :File:Getty Research Institute (IA catalogueofceleb00brya).pdf, A catalogue of the celebrated assemblage of capital pictures, brought from Paris, principally from Mr. Robit's famous collection and other distinguished cabinets : which will be exhibited for sale by private contract, on Friday, the 6th of November, 1801, and following days, at Mr. Bryan's Gallery (catalog in English, by Bryan in London later in 1801) * :File:Catalogue d'une riche collection de tableaux des plus grands maîtres des trois écoles ... tout provenant du célébre cabinet du citoyen Robit (IA catalogueduneric00pail 0).pdf, Catalogue d'une riche collection de tableaux des plus grands maîtres des trois écoles ... tout provenant du célébre cabinet du citoyen Robit (catalog in French for 1801 sale) {{DEFAULTSORT:Robit, François-Antoine 1752 births 1815 deaths French art collectors