Sketch of Foliage and Branches

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence (died 1830), London [Lugt 2445]. William Esdaile (died 1837), London [Lugt 2617]. William Benoni White (died around 1878), London [Lugt 2592]. C. Fairfax Murray, London; sold, Christie's, London, January 30, 1920, lot 171. Tancred Borenius (died 1948), London [according to New York 1959]. Sold by Erwin Rosenthal, Berkeley, Calif., to the Art Institute, 1956.

Sketch of Foliage and Branches

Claude Lorrain

c. 1645–50

Accession Number

4949

Medium

Black chalk, white and gray gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on perimeter to cream wove card

Dimensions

39.3 × 23.2 cm (15 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)

Classification

gouache

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Frances A. Elkins Fund