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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Pastorale Landschaft

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Pastorale Landschaft

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

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PASTORAL ANDSCAPES, 1774–1777

After Claude Lorrain

PASTORAL ANDSCAPES, 1774–1777

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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Landscape with the Nymph Egeria

After Claude Lorrain

Landscape with the Nymph Egeria

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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MONUMENTALES BILDWERK: HÜGELIGE SÜDLICHE...

Follower of Claude Lorrain

MONUMENTALES BILDWERK: HÜGELIGE SÜDLICHE...

Sale Date: September 9, 2023

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Paysage classique avec Acis et Galatée

After Claude Lorrain

Paysage classique avec Acis et Galatée

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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A Mediterranean harbour with shipping..., 1800–1899

In the manner of Claude Lorrain

A Mediterranean harbour with shipping..., 1800–1899

Sale Date: February 2, 2023

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Flusslandschaft mit Hirten und Weidetieren

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Flusslandschaft mit Hirten und Weidetieren

Sale Date: March 31, 2023

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Ideal landscape with ruins, bridges and figures

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Ideal landscape with ruins, bridges and figures

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Travellers in an Arcadian landscape

In the manner of Claude Lorrain

Travellers in an Arcadian landscape

Sale Date: July 15, 2023

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Le Bouvier, 1636

Claude Lorrain

Le Bouvier, 1636

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Une rue avec des maisons à gauche

Claude Lorrain

Une rue avec des maisons à gauche

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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PAYSAGE AVEC UNE GALERE AU DRAPEAU DE MALTE

Claude Lorrain

PAYSAGE AVEC UNE GALERE AU DRAPEAU DE MALTE

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Port scene with the Villa Medici

After Claude Lorrain

Port scene with the Villa Medici

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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The Meeting of Abraham and Abimelech

School of Claude Lorrain

The Meeting of Abraham and Abimelech

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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A Herdsman with Cattle in a River Landscape

Follower of Claude Lorrain

A Herdsman with Cattle in a River Landscape

Sale Date: May 24, 2023

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From the Original Drawings in the..., 1774–1776

After Claude Lorrain

From the Original Drawings in the..., 1774–1776

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Paysage d'Arcadie

Claude Lorrain

Paysage d'Arcadie

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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Five small sketches

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

Five small sketches

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Promeneurs et pêcheurs dans un paysage près..., 1630

Circle of Claude Lorrain

Promeneurs et pêcheurs dans un paysage près..., 1630

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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A Wooded Landscape

Circle of Claude Lorrain

A Wooded Landscape

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Italianate Landscape

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Italianate Landscape

Sale Date: March 31, 2023

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Landschaftsstudie mit Bäumen und einer...

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

Landschaftsstudie mit Bäumen und einer...

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Pastoral landscape with the Flight into Egypt

After Claude Lorrain

Pastoral landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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An arcadian landscape with Mary Magdalene

Claude Lorrain

An arcadian landscape with Mary Magdalene

Sale Date: March 14, 2023

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