Claude Lorrain

(French, 1600–1682)

Claude Lorrain was a French painter known for his golden-hued pastoral landscapes. Based in the Roman countryside, Claude focused his observations on changes in the sky and the tonalities of sunlight upon foliage. “He tried by every means to penetrate nature, lying in the fields before the break of day and until night in order to learn to represent very exactly the red morning sky, sunrise and sunset and the evening hours,” Claude’s biographer Joachim von Sandrart once wrote. Born Claude Gellée c. 1600 in Chamagne, France, he was orphaned by the age of 12. Travelling to Rome, where he was said to have worked as a pastry cook, Lorrain began his artistic studies under the landscape painters Agostino Tassi and Goffredo Wals. Little is known about the artist prior to 1629, though by 1636 his reputation was already established through the patronage of King Philip IV of Spain and Pope Urban VIII. Though he did portray Biblical, mythological, and literary subjects, much of the artist’s oeuvre was comprised of simple themes, such as dancing peasants or ships at sea. The artist died on November 23, 1682 in Rome, Italy. The idyllic subject matter found in the works of Claude and his contemporary Nicolas Poussin, inspired several important early 19th-century painters, including Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and John Constable. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

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Claude Lorrain Artworks

Claude Lorrain (1,466 results)

Village Scene with Ruins

Manner/Style of Claude Lorrain

Village Scene with Ruins

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Pastoral Scene

Manner/Style of Claude Lorrain

Pastoral Scene

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Port with Villa Medici

Claude Lorrain

Port with Villa Medici

The Illustrated Gallery

6,500 USD

Rivière dans un paysage vallonné (Figures...

Claude Lorrain

Rivière dans un paysage vallonné (Figures...

Galerie Eric Coatalem

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The Landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus, 1800–1899

After Claude Lorrain

The Landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus, 1800–1899

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Le Soleil levant., 1634

Claude Lorrain

Le Soleil levant., 1634

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Port de mer avec Villa Médicis

After Claude Lorrain

Port de mer avec Villa Médicis

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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A group of trees

Claude Lorrain

A group of trees

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Seaport with the Villa Medici

After Claude Lorrain

Seaport with the Villa Medici

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Egeria mourning over Numa in a landscape

After Claude Lorrain

Egeria mourning over Numa in a landscape

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Paysage avec Sainte Famille et Saint Jean-Baptiste

Circle of Claude Lorrain

Paysage avec Sainte Famille et Saint Jean-Baptiste

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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ITALIENISCHE LANDSCHAFTEN

Follower of Claude Lorrain

ITALIENISCHE LANDSCHAFTEN

Sale Date: March 21, 2024

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Sous bois.

Style of Claude Lorrain

Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Scena del porto con l'imbarco di Sant'Orsola

After Claude Lorrain

Scena del porto con l'imbarco di Sant'Orsola

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Landscape towards Mount Parnassus

Claude Lorrain

Landscape towards Mount Parnassus

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Extensive landskap with resting figures

In the manner of Claude Lorrain

Extensive landskap with resting figures

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Sujets divers

Claude Lorrain

Sujets divers

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Le Départ pour les champs, 1638–1641

Claude Lorrain

Le Départ pour les champs, 1638–1641

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Le passage du gué (The Ford)

Claude Lorrain

Le passage du gué (The Ford)

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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An Arcadian landscape with classical figures...

In the manner of Claude Lorrain

An Arcadian landscape with classical figures...

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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Coast scene with the landing of Aeneas

After Claude Lorrain

Coast scene with the landing of Aeneas

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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untitled, 1630

Claude Lorrain

untitled, 1630

Sale Date: May 30, 2021

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Le Bouvier., 1636

Claude Lorrain

Le Bouvier., 1636

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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The Landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus

After Claude Lorrain

The Landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

Auction Closed

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