Description
Weenix lived in Rome for five years and painted Italianate landscapes, rather than local, Dutch subjects. The bright light, classical architecture, and exotic-looking garb of the figures all speak to this interest in foreign landscape.
Provenance
Duc de Choiseul-Praslin, Paris (sale: Paillet, Paris, February 18-25, 1793, no. 102);; Marquis of Montcalm, Montpellier (sale: Laneuville, Paris, March 25, 1850, no. 28);; Pierard collection, Paris (sale: Laneuville, Paris, March 20-21, 1860, no. 95);; Bourlon de Sarty collection, Paris (sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 9-11, 1868, no. 20);; (sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, February 2, 1883, no. 25);; [Galerie Heim, Paris];; Mr. and Mrs. Severance Millikin, Cleveland, 1964, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.
Accession Number
1964.294
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 123.5 x 154 x 11.5 cm (48 5/8 x 60 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 98.8 x 129.2 cm (38 7/8 x 50 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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