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The Vatican from the North East, the Janiculum seen beyond (recto); A palm tree (verso)
Details
Master of the Blue Landscapes (Active mid 17th Century)
The Vatican from the North East, the Janiculum seen beyond (recto); A palm tree (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), black chalk (verso), on blue paper
3¾ x 5 7/8 in. (94 x 150 mm.)
The Vatican from the North East, the Janiculum seen beyond (recto); A palm tree (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), black chalk (verso), on blue paper
3¾ x 5 7/8 in. (94 x 150 mm.)
Provenance
Riechsgraf Moriz von Fries (L. 2903).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445).
W. Esdaile (L. 2617), with his date '1836'.
Dr. H. Wellesley; Sotheby's, 25 June 1866, lot 476.
R. Johnson (cf. L. 2216).
Purchased from Agnew's, April 1939 (£25).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445).
W. Esdaile (L. 2617), with his date '1836'.
Dr. H. Wellesley; Sotheby's, 25 June 1866, lot 476.
R. Johnson (cf. L. 2216).
Purchased from Agnew's, April 1939 (£25).
Literature
M. Roethlisberger, 'A group of Grimaldesque Drawings', Master Drawings, III, 1965, p. 379, no. 47.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Landscape in French Art, 1950, no. 376 (as Claude).
London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 336 (as Claude).
Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 119 (as Claude).
London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 336 (as Claude).
Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 119 (as Claude).
Special notice
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