Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso)

Provenance

(possibly the artist's sale, Christie's London, 8 May 1874, lot 550; "Mount St Bernard Dogs: A sketch for the picture" ). (The Carroll Gallery, London, no. C2178). (sale, Christie's South Kensington, 9 December 2010, no. 1217; bought in). (sale, Christie's London, 8 December 2017, no. 297; bought in). (Martyn Gregory, London). (sale, Bonhams, 22 November 2022, no. 64); (via Karen Turner Fine Art, London)

Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso)

Landseer, Edwin, Sir

1820

Accession Number

2023.29.1.a-b

Medium

a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21 × 31.3 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund