DrawingsFrench17th century

Pastoral Landscape

1666

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.3 x 23.4 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Queen Christina of Sweden, Rome (bound together with other drawings in an album); Cardinal Decio Azzolini, Rome; his nephew, Marchese Pompeo Azzolini, Rome, by descent; Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome (also referred to hence as the Odescalchi Album); Odescalchi family, Rome, by descent; private collection, Poland (by 1939); private collection, Switzerland (by 1960); Georges Wildenstein, Paris (also referred to hence as the Wildenstein Album); Hans Calmann, London (by c. 1958; some drawings removed); Norton Simon, Pasadena (by 1968; also referred to hence as the Norton Simon Album; then dismembered); Thomas Agnew and Sons, London; Vermeer Associates Limited, New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Estates of Margaret H. Rousseau and William C. Rousseau and the Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Norma Jean and Stanford Calderwood, 2000.70

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