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Phillippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, R.A. (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London)
Lot 142

Phillippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, R.A. (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London)

A wooded river landscape, with a ruin and travellers

Closed13 April 2011

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GBP 6,250

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Phillippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, R.A. (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London)
A wooded river landscape, with a ruin and travellers
signed and dated 'P.I. de Loutherbourg. RR 1806' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22½ x 34 3/8 in. (57.1 x 87.3 cm.)

[Possibly] John Hare; his sale, 20 November 1824, lot 140, as 'A romantic landscape, with a ruined tower and a waterfall'.
Lt.-Col. Paterson; (+) Christie's, London, 6 July 1861, lot 36, as 'View of Conway Castle'.
M.D. Koetser; Christie's, London, 25 April 1958, lot 95 (58 gns. to Agnews).
with Thos Agnew and sons, London, 1958, from whom bought by the current owner's family.

Specialist note

This picture will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the works of de Loutherbourg being prepared by Dr Olivier Lefeuvre, and we are grateful to Dr Lefeuvre for his help with preparing this entry.