DrawingsFrench17th century

Landscape with Ruins

17th century

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and touches of gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.2 x 27 cm (7 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[L’Art Ancien S.A., Zurich, Switzerland (by 1981), sold]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

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