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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'G. Fran: Bolognese.' in William Kent's (?) hand
Literature
A. E. Popham and C. E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 140
Exhibited
London, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., Old Master Drawings from Holkham, 1977, no. 58

Lot Essay

Isabella Lodi-Fè points out that a version with minor differences in the staffage and foliage of the trees was sold in these Rooms, 11 April 1978, lot 25.

The far bank with a walled town and the mountains beyond appears in an etching, in reverse, by Grimaldi (Illustrated Bartsch XIX, 19)

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