Description
Claude Lorraine was lured from his northern birthplace, in the French province of Lorraine, to the warmth of Italy, and he made the landscape of Italy his primary focus in paintings, prints, and drawings.
This sun-drenched landscape with a Roman aqueduct in the background is used as a setting for the story from the book of Genesis in which Jacob offers his flocks to Laban in return for the hand of his youngest daughter, Rachel.
Provenance
Given by Colnaghi, London, to Henry George Charles Lascelles (1882–1947), 6th Earl of Harewood, 1922; by descent; sold, Christie's, London, June 25, 1968, lot 74, to Robert M. Light, Boston, for Dorothy Braude Edinburg; given to the Art Institute, 1998.
Accession Number
149029
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and black, brown and gray wash, and black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions
20.1 × 30.2 cm (7 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
