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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1962.58
People
Claude Lorrain, French (Chamagne 1604 - 1682 Rome)
Title
Two Cows (recto and verso)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1639
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296742

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
10 x 14 cm (3 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): Updated title and measurements. Examined by Alvin L. Clark, Jr.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Queen Christina of Sweden. Prince Livio Odescalchi, Rome (?-1713), by descent; to Odescalchi Family (1713-1957), sold; [through Sotheby’s, Rome, November 20, 1957, lot 67]; [to H. M. Calmann, New York (1957-1960), sold]; to Marian Harris Phinney, Cambridge, MA (1960-1962), bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

Notes:
The drawing was preserved in what Marcel Roethlisberger has called “The Animal Album” until the album was dismantled in 1957 after it was purchased at Sotheby’s by H. M. Calmann. Hence the listed provenance refers to the entire album until 1957, after which the drawing was sold separately.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Marian H. Phinney
Accession Year
1962
Object Number
1962.58
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marcel Roethlisberger, Claude Lorrain: The Drawings, University of California Press (Berkeley, 1968), vol. 1 cat. no. 214, vol. 2 repr. as fig. 214
  • Marcel Roethlisberger, "The Drawing Collection of Prince Livio Odescalchi", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 1986), vol. 23-24, no. 1, Winter, pp. 5-30, pp. 20, 25 (note 23) [Animal album]
  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 11, repr. (recto and verso), p. 15
  • Jennifer Tonkovich, "Hans Calmann and the American Market for Old Master Drawings 1937-73", Master Drawings (Spring 2021), vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 49-72, p. 59

Exhibition History

  • Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001

Verification Level

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