Landscape with Fishermen and Washerwomen by a Cascade by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)

Landscape with Fishermen and Washerwomen by a Cascade by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), 1660–1660

© British Museum

Details

Medium:

Black chalk, brown ink

Dimensions:

28 x 43 cm

Art Fund grant:

£7,150 ( Total: £71,500)

Acquired in:

1997

Vendor:

Artemis Fine Arts

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