A Rocky Hillside

Provenance

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.

A Rocky Hillside

Claude Lorrain

1635/1636

Accession Number

74186

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, pink, and green wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of red chalk, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

20.9 × 27.6 cm (8 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Regenstein Collection