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Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures

Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures

c. 1640–1645
(French, 1604–1682)
France, 17th century
pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash over graphite
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
Location: not on view

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.
  • 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].
  • 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
  • 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).
    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.
    French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    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).
    National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
    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.
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