DrawingsFrench17th century

Roman Landscape; verso: Sketches

17th century

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with touches of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.3 x 13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kunsthandlung Gustav Nebehay, Vienna, Austria] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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