LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

29.13 in. (74.00 cm.) (height) by 38.58 in. (98.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art; Paris, Grand Palais, Claude Lorrain: A Tercentenary Exhibition, 17 October 1982 - 16 May 1983, cat. no. 42.

Literature:

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, vol. VIII, London 1837, pp. 262-263, no. 131; G.F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London 1857, p. 422; M. Stephens, "The Private Collections of England: XXXI Holker Hall," in The Athenaeum, no. 2601, 1 September 1877, p. 281; M. Pattison (Lady Dilke), Claude Lorrain, Paris 1884, pp. 77, 230, cat. no. 3; G. Isarlo, in Arts, 22 April 1949, p. 8; M. Röthlisberger, in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, April 1960, p. 217, reproduced p. 211; M. Röthlisberger, Claude Lorrain: The Paintings, London 1961, pp. 317-318, cat. no. 131, reproduced vol. II, fig. 226; M. Röthlisberger, Claude Lorrain: The Drawings, London 1968, vol. I, p. 279, under cat. no. 732; M. Röthlisberger and D. Cecchi, L'opera completa di Claude Lorrain, Milan 1975, p. 112, cat. no. 199, reproduced on p. 113 and in colour plate XL; M. Kitson, Claude Lorrain: Liber Veritatis, London 1978, pp. 132-33, under cat. no. 131; H.D. Russell, in Claude Lorrain. 1600-1682, exhibition catalogue, Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1983, p. 170, cat. no. 42.

Provenance:

Painted in 1654 for "Monsieur Mierelle," according to the inscription on the corresponding drawing in Claude's Liber Veritatis; Lord George Augustus Cavendish (d. 1794), Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire by 1777; His nephew Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834); His grandson William, 2nd Earl of Burlington and later 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891; succeeded to the Dukedom in 1858 and died in 1891); His grandson, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868-1938), who on succeeding as 9th Duke in 1908 made over Holker to his brother; Lord Richard Frderick Cavendish (1871-1946), by whom sold, London, Christie's, 12 December 1930, lot 38, for £199 to Huggins; Acquired by an English private collector, from Huggins, until 1958; Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 9; With L. Koetser, Zurich; Deder collection, Switzerland; With P. & D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London, their stock number 15, until 1979; Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Private Collector"), London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1999, lot 86, where acquired by the present owner.