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Landscape with Abraham expelling Hagar and Ishmael: PD.70-1961

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with Abraham expelling Hagar and Ishmael
A design of the same composition, traced through from the recto, with some changes made

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Claude Lorrain

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Notes

History note: A. Pond; R. Houlditch (Lugt 2214 and his number '6' in ink, lower right); Benjamin West (Lugt 419), his sale, Christie's, 9 June 1820, lot 61; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445; Woodburn Catalogue, 1835, III, no. 21); W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617); C.S. Bale; Sir E.J. Poynter (Lugt 874), sold Sotheby's, 25 April 1918, lot 210, bt. Agnew for Charles B.O. Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash
Chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Recto: pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash over chalk underdrawing verso: pen, brown and grey wash, squared for transfer, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1836 WE
  • Location: Verso?
  • Method of creation: Ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.70-1961
Primary reference Number: 6411
Lugt: 2214
Lugt: 419
Lugt: 2445
Lugt: 2617
Lugt: 875

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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