1962.58: Two Cows (recto and verso)

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

Permissions

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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

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