Studie van twee bomen

About this artwork

…; collection Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689);{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed to Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689), Rome; to his nephew, Marchese Pompeo Azzolino († 1696), Rome; from whom purchased by Livio Odescalchi (1658-1713), Rome; by descent to Count Donato Sanminiatelli (1929-79), Rome; his sale, Londen (Sotheby’s), 20 November 1957, no. 67, with 63 other drawings, £ 2,500, to the dealer H. M. Calmann, London; from whom, fl. 3,717, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller ...

About the Artist

Claude Lorrain · 1604–1682

Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-1682), born Claude Gellée in the village of Chamagne in northeastern France's Duchy of Lorraine, stands as one of the most influential landscape painters in Western art history. Orphaned by age twelve, his journey to artistic mastery was unconventional—beginning with apprenticeships in pastry-making and inlay work before destiny led him to Rome around 1620, where he would s...