DrawingsFrench17th century

Two Cows (recto and verso)

c. 1639

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10 x 14 cm (3 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Queen Christina of Sweden. Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome (?-1713), by descent; to Odescalchi Family (1713-1957), sold; [through Sotheby’s, Rome, November 20, 1957, lot 67]; [to H. M. Calmann, New York (1957-1960), sold]; to Marian Harris Phinney, Cambridge, MA (1960-1962), bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962. Notes: The drawing was preserved in what Marcel Roethlisberger has called “The Animal Album” until the album was dismantled in 1957 after it was purchased at Sotheby’s by H. M. Calmann. Hence the listed provenance refers to the entire album until 1957, after which the drawing was sold separately.

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