Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600-1682 Rome), A young couple with two goats (recto); A nude male torso seen from behind (verso)

Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600-1682 Rome)
A young couple with two goats (recto); A nude male torso seen from behind (verso)
black chalk, gray wash (recto); red chalk (verso)
4 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (12 x 18.2 cm)

Provenance

Probably Queen Christina of Sweden (1625-1713);
Prince Livio Odescalchi (d. 1689), Rome (the album of 64 drawings recorded in the inventory prepared at his death, dating from 29 November 1713), and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1957, lot 67 (to Hans Calmann).
Victor Carlson, Chicago.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 5 July 1988, lot 113.
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-126); Christie's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 601.
with Art Cuéllar-Nathan, Zürich.