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Cortona was, along with Bernini, a presiding genius of the Roman Baroque. Excelling as a painter, architect and decorator, he also executed a number of landscape drawings, often as pure diversions. One of the finest examples, this was in the collection of the Earls of Leicester at Holkham, Norfolk until its sale in 1991, when it was saved from export through its joint acquisition by the Barber Institute and Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, and with financial assistance from the National Art Collections Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

A Wooded River Landscape

Date

c.1650

Medium

black chalk, brush & grey ink on paper

Measurements

H 28.3 x W 42.5 cm

Accession number

92.2

Acquisition method

purchased jointly with Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1992