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Clump of trees
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1604-1682
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Width: 31 cm
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Claude was one of the first artists to advocate a dedicated practice of drawing from nature, and this broadly handled study of a clump of trees, probably drawn near Tivoli, is typical of his sensitive attention to his surroundings. He seems to have begun this drawing simply as a study of the trees, and only later decided to turn it into a landscape. The strip of ground at the bottom has been added as a wash that covers the bases of the trunks. (label from 'Regarding Trees')
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/1982-25/07/1982
Claude Lorrain, Hayward Gallery, London, 07/11/1969-14/12/1969
Literature
cat. no. 158
Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 417
pl. XXVIII
dated 1650
Claude Lorrain, Hayward Gallery, London, 1969
cat. no. 86
pl. 22 ...More
Roethlisberger, Marcel, Claude Lorrain: the drawings, Berkeley 1968; 2 vols
p. 263, no. 681
ill.
Schaeffer Galleries, New York, Advertisement in 'The Art Journal', Winter 1960-61
ill.
Franklyn, Leo, Advertisement in 'Burlington Magazine', January 1958
ill. ...Less
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in brown: Charles Morin (L.597). Mount (removed, now in file): Verso: centre, stamped in black: unidentified, an oval containing a crown and possibly a unicorn, but the mark has been intentionally abraded; lower right, stamped in black: stamped indistinctly and thus not clear, similar to that of Leo Franklyn (L.1454a) though the 'L' is not as long as reproduced by Lugt, but as Leo Franklyn advertised this drawing for sale in 1958, seems likely to be his mark.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Claude Salle - IV - / Roma 1650" [the "5" written over a "6"].
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