Oil on canvas 119.5 x 151.5cm (47 x 59½in.)
Provenance: The Collection of the Duke of Northumberland Sale, Christie's, 16 July 1954, lot 120 (as Fouquier) Peter Claas Esq., from whom purchased by the present owner's father Exhibited: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (on loan C. 1985)
Condition Report: The canvas has been relined and presents a slight vertical craquelure throughout. UV light reveals scattered retouches in the sky, and a 'T'-shaped restoration of approximately 8 cm in the land and sky to the left of the ruin on the horizon (near the left border). Further slight retouching is present on the figures, and an approximately 4 cm patch of retouching in the foliage just above Saint John the Baptist, together with a smaller one of approximately 3 cm in length. A further restoration of approx. 7 cm in present towards the end of the largest tree to the right, and there a few retouches in the water. Finally, the canvas presents some slight creases, and there is a quite strong varnish that might conceal further infilling.
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