Artist
Claude Lorrain(French, c. 1604/5–1682)French, c. 1604/5–1682
CultureFrench
Titles
- Landscape with a Rock Arch and River
Datec. 1628–1630
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions37 5/8 × 52 7/8 in. (95.5 × 134.3 cm)
frame: 49 × 64 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (124.5 × 163.8 × 13 cm)
frame: 49 × 64 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (124.5 × 163.8 × 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number73.172
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
207 Powell Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanSpecial Collections
Object Type
Acquired through a London dealer, J. R. Rutley, by James Ewing, Strathleven, Dumbartonshire, c. 1822-1824, and listed in an inventory of his collection as "Claude Lorraine No. 6" (manuscript belonging to Mrs. I.B.M. Hamilton, nee Ewing; a large 6 appears on the lining canvas)
Remained in family possession at Strathleven until sold anonymously by Mrs. Hamilton at Edinburgh, Dowell, 8 July 1949, No. 118, as by Claude
Private collection, Egypt
Private collection Alexander E. Squadrilli, London and Geneva
Sold by Klaus Virch of Forstweg, Germany
Museum purchase in 1973.
Exhibition HistorySouthampton Art Gallery, Summer 1969
The Art of Claude Lorrain, the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Northern Arts Association, Hayward Gallery, London, November 7-December 14, 1969
Ashmolean Museum, Cambridge, 1971-1972
National Museum, Stockholm, 1972-1973
"Claude Lorrain: A Tercentenary Exhibition," National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 17, 1982–January 2, 1983; Grand Palais, Paris, February 15–May 16, 1983/
"Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13-May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, June 5-July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17-August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, August 27-October 3, 1999.
"Masterpieces of European Painting from American and Polish collections - Inspiration, Contribution, Integration," National Museum, Warsaw, February 28–May 4, 2003.
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Claude Lorrain
1633
Etching on laid paper, state V(a)/IX
2000.125
