A Rocky Hillside by Claude Lorrain
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A Rocky Hillside

Claude Lorrain · 1635/1636

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Probably the estate of the artist; possibly sold to Queen Christina of Sweden, 1689 [Roethlisberger 1973]. Don Livio Odescalchi, Duke of Bracciano (died 1711), from 1692 [Roethlisberger 1973]; by descent through the Odescalchi family, to 1957 [Roethlisberger 1973]. British Rail Pension Fund; sold by Lexbourne Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "New Accessions," December 2, 1989-June 8, 1990.
  • New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 11; The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present," September 12–October 31, 1999, hors. cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Marcel Roethlisberger, "Neun Zeichnungen von Claude Lorrain," Du 33 (July 1973), p. 516 (ill.).
  • "From Maineri to Miró: The Regenstein Collection Since 1975," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26 (2000), pp. 24-27 (ill.).
  • Suzanne Folds McCullagh, “‘A Lasting Monument’: The Regenstein Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, 1 (2000), p. 10.

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