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Sep 16, 2010

Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures

c. 1640–1645

Claude Lorrain

(French, 1604–1682)

France, 17th century

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash over graphite

Support: Cream(1) laid paper

Sheet: 19.2 x 25.8 cm (7 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Image: 19 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1982.13

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Description

Claude Lorrain changed the direction of European landscape painting by opening up vistas that fade into either morning or evening sun. A prolific draftsman, he emphasized the tranquil and idyllic nature of the Roman countryside.

Provenance

Estate of the artist; Queen Christina of Sweden, Rome (traditional provenance); Cardinal Decio Azzolini, Rome; Don Livio Odescalchi, Duke of Bracciano, Rome; Odescalchi family until 1845; Polish collection until 1939; Swiss collection until 1960; [George Wildenstein, Paris]; Norton Simon, Pasadena; [Eugene Victor Thaw, New York].

Citations

Goldfarb, Hilliard T. From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1989. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 71-72, no. 30.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: cat. no. 33, pp. 92-93, p. 287; Reproduced: p. 93

Exhibition history

Zurich 1971; Los Angeles 1971, 19, no. 18, 21, under no. 24; Princeton et al. 1973-74, 24, no. 18, 27, under no. 24, 41, under no. 52; cma 1983a; Cleveland et al. 1989-90, 71-72, no. 30.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (8/27/00 - 10/17/00); NY, NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library (5/24/01- 8/19/01); Museum of Fine Arts Houston (10/14/01 - 1/6/02); "Master Drawings from The Cleveland Museum of Art", exh. cat. no. 33, pp. 92-93; p. 287.

The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1989-January 28, 1990).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

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