Collection Online as of March 23, 2023
c. 1640–1645
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
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).
