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Landscape with Fishermen and Washerwomen by a Cascade
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
- Art Funded
- 1997
- Dimensions
- 28 x 43 cm
- Vendor
- Artemis Fine Arts
One of the 66 drawings from Holkham Hall.
Transformes the flat landscape surrounding Holkham Hall into a picturesque Italianate landscape of water, evergreen oaks, a temple, and an artificial lake whose appearance has been likened to the Tiber.
Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester adn by descent; Christie's 'Old Master Drawings from Holkham', 2 July 1991, Lot 28 bt. Sharp
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