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Ox (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1604-1682

Title

Ox (recto)

Date of Production

c. 1630 - 1640

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, with a red chalk line along the lower edge (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 7.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.414

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

possibly obtained directly from the artist's heirs by Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome (1652-1713) (mentioned in his death inventory, dated 1713-14, as part of the so-called 'Animal Album'); sale of the Odescalchi Collection, Rome, Sotheby (London), 20 November 1957, No. 67; purchased there by H.M. Calmann (London); Yvonne ffrench (London); purchased from her by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 12 December 1962 (£60); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Claude Lorrain, Hayward Gallery, London, 07/11/1969-14/12/1969

Four Centuries of Italian Landscapes, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 30/05/1961-15/06/1961

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 414
pls. XXIVa (recto) and b (verso)
dated c. 1630-40

Claude Lorrain, Hayward Gallery, London, 1969
cat. no. 52

Roethlisberger, Marcel, Claude Lorrain: the drawings, Berkeley 1968; 2 vols
pp. 137-38, no. 208
ill. ...More

Four Centuries of Italian Landscapes, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 11
catalogue in file for D.1978.PG.415 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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