Storm and Avalanche near the Scheidegg in the Valley of Lauterbrunnen
Philip James de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740 – London 1812)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1803 - 1804 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1067 x 1575 mm
Place of origin
Switzerland
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486258
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Storm and Avalanche near the Scheidegg in the Valley of Lauterbrunnen by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812), 1804. It depicts a torrent at centre with a mill wheel at left and three figures.
Provenance
In the collection of the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by 1835. By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection (acquired in lieu of tax by HM Treasury in 1957 and subsequently transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
Philip James de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740 – London 1812), artist
Exhibition history
Philippe-Jaques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) , Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 2012 - 2013
References
Faroult 2010: Guilllaume Faroult (dir.), Turner et ses Peintres (exh. cat), Réunion des Musées Nationaux, London 2009; Paris 2010; Madrid 2010, pp.16-17 Solkin 2009: David H. Solkin (dir.), Turner and the Masters (exh. cat), Tate Britain, London 2009; Paris 2010; Madrid 2010, pp.190-191