Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
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September 20, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Property of a Nobleman
FOLLOWER OF CLAUDE GELLÉE, CALLED CLAUDE LORRAIN
A group of borage, mullein and other plants
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, heightened with white;
bears numbering in pen and brown ink, lower right, on the mount: 59
140 by 209 mm (drawing)
281 by 418 mm (mount)
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Formerly in a portfolio inscribed 'S.2' with the bookplate of Edward, Earl of Powis (Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis of the third creation (1754-1839)),
thence by inheritance to his second son, Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), of Oakly Park, Shropshire, M.P. for South Shropshire,
thence by descent to Robert Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) and his son Robert George, Baron Windsor (1859-1923), for whom the earldom of Plymouth was revived in 1905,
thence by descent,
sale, London, Christie's, Important Old Master Drawings including Property of The Earl of Plymouth, 1 July 1986, lot 126 (as Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Il Bolognese)