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Pastoral landscape with Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo
Painter: Claude Lorrain
History note: Pope Urban VIII (a Barberini, d. 1644), for whom it was painted; remained in the possession of the family in the Barberini Palace, Rome until after the dissolution of the Fidecommisio Barberini in April 1934; bought from Princess Berberini by Messrs Colnaghi late in 1962
From funds bequeathed by Miss I.M.E. Hitchcock, and L.D. Cunliffe, with grants from the National Art Collections Fund (£5,000) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (£3, 500).
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 37.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1963) by Colnaghi
Production date: AD 1639
Support composed of tin
Painting (image-making) : Oil on tin
Inscription present: shows the Barberini arms of three bees, with coronet above and wide mantling, which in style suggests the Napoleonic period (there is another wax seal impression, but it is not clearly defined)
Accession number: PD.950-1963
Primary reference Number: 2677
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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