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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
Landscape with Ruinscirca 1782-1785

On view:
Geffen Galleries, floor 2
Oil painting landscape of a ruined stone building overtaken by dense green foliage, perched atop a massive crumbling wall under a cloudy sky

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Landscape with Ruins, circa 1782-1785, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
France, Toulouse, 1750-1819
Title
Landscape with Ruins
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1782-1785
Medium
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 13 × 19 in. (33.02 × 48.26 cm) Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 2 in. (41.91 × 57.15 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.29
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
Galerie de Bayser, Paris, in 1973–74. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Walch, Peter, , Joanna R. Barnes, J. Patrice Marandel. French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition. New York : American Federation of Arts in association with the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.