Claude Joseph Vernet

(French, 1714-1789)

Paysage d?Italie, lavandiŠres … la riviŠre, chalk, ink, and ink wash on laid paper, original sheet 7-3/8 x 9-7/8 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 17 x 19-1/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre; by descent to Catherine Sterling, Gallerie Estranger, St. Remy de Provence, France, purchased circa 1990s (her label verso); Private Georgia Collection
Condition Report: margins established with applied Japan paper to support edges of drawing, light toning; frame with wear