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32 Pierre-Nicolas LEGRAND de SÉRANT French 1758–1829 Joseph Cange, clerk of the Saint-Lazare Prison, Paris Joseph Cange, commissionaire de la prison Saint-Lazare à Paris 1794 oil on canvas Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille, Isère Purchased in 1989 with the aid of the State and the Région Rhône-Alpes (Region museums acquisition funds) MRF 1989-11 Shortly before the fall of Robespierre, at the height of the Terror’s arrests, a tradesman who had been incarcerated in Saint-Lazare Prison (a former hospice in the Saint-Denis district of Paris) became worried for the safety of his wife and three children, and asked Joseph Cange, the prison’s clerk, to get news of them. Moved by the plight of this penniless family, Cange shared with them what little money he himself possessed. After the end of the Terror, Cange became a public hero for this act of charity. © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

Hubert ROBERT French 1733–1808 A corridor in the Saint-Lazare Prison Corridor de la prison Saint-Lazare c. 1794 oil on canvas Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France Purchased, 1902 inv. P. 177 Among the court artists imprisoned during the Terror was Hubert Robert, the prolific landscape painter, who was arrested ostensibly for lacking a valid identity card. In 1793–94 Robert spent nine months in political prisons, where suspects were permitted to move around freely and to keep their own money and personal possessions. Here he depicts ‘Germinal’ row, the upstairs hallway in Saint-Lazare Prison where male prisoners converged in cold weather. Robert portrays himself from behind with clasped hands, at the centre of the composition. © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation. 33

Hubert ROBERT<br />

French 1733–1808<br />

A corridor in the Saint-Lazare Prison<br />

Corridor de la prison Saint-Lazare<br />

c. 1794<br />

oil on canvas<br />

Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France<br />

Purchased, 1902 inv. P. 177<br />

Among the court artists imprisoned during<br />

the Terror was Hubert Robert, the prolific<br />

landscape painter, who was arrested<br />

ostensibly for lacking a valid identity card.<br />

In 1793–94 Robert spent nine months<br />

in political prisons, where suspects were<br />

permitted to move around freely and to keep<br />

their own money and personal possessions.<br />

Here he depicts ‘Germinal’ row, the upstairs<br />

hallway in Saint-Lazare Prison where male<br />

prisoners converged in cold weather.<br />

Robert portrays himself from behind<br />

with clasped hands, at the centre <strong>of</strong> the<br />

composition.<br />

© COPYRIGHT<br />

This document remains the property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.<br />

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