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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La Fuite en Egypte., 1630–1633

Claude Lorrain

La Fuite en Egypte., 1630–1633

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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L'Enlèvement d'Europe., 1634

Claude Lorrain

L'Enlèvement d'Europe., 1634

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Landscape with figures loading timber onto a...

Claude Lorrain

Landscape with figures loading timber onto a...

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Raub der Europa, 1634

Claude Lorrain

Raub der Europa, 1634

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Unterhaltung zwischen Schäfer und Schäferin..., 1651

Claude Lorrain

Unterhaltung zwischen Schäfer und Schäferin..., 1651

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Le port de mer à la grosse tour, 1641

Claude Lorrain

Le port de mer à la grosse tour, 1641

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Flusslandschaft mit Sonnenuntergang

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Flusslandschaft mit Sonnenuntergang

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Flusslandschaft mit Sonnenuntergang

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Flusslandschaft mit Sonnenuntergang

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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The abduction of Europa, 1632

Follower of Claude Lorrain

The abduction of Europa, 1632

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Coastal scene

Claude Lorrain

Coastal scene

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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Le Pont De Bois, c.1640-1641, 1640–1641

Claude Lorrain

Le Pont De Bois, c.1640-1641, 1640–1641

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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Landscape with a rural dance

Claude Lorrain

Landscape with a rural dance

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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Coastal landscape with a harbour, 1700

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Coastal landscape with a harbour, 1700

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Merkur und Argus

Claude Lorrain

Merkur und Argus

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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A Port Scene with the Villa Medici

After Claude Lorrain

A Port Scene with the Villa Medici

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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PEJZAŻ Z PASTERZAMI I UCIECZKĄ DO EGIPTU, 1800–1899

After Claude Lorrain

PEJZAŻ Z PASTERZAMI I UCIECZKĄ DO EGIPTU, 1800–1899

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Le Naufrage, 1638–1641

Claude Lorrain

Le Naufrage, 1638–1641

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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L'Enlèvement d'Europe, 1634

Claude Lorrain

L'Enlèvement d'Europe, 1634

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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La Fuite en Egypte, 1630–1633

Claude Lorrain

La Fuite en Egypte, 1630–1633

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN (GELLEE)

After Claude Lorrain

AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN (GELLEE)

Sale Date: October 18, 2021

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L'Apparition (Die Erscheinung), 1630

Claude Lorrain

L'Apparition (Die Erscheinung), 1630

Sale Date: September 24, 2021

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A group of four prints (Berger et bergere...

Claude Lorrain

A group of four prints (Berger et bergere...

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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RUHE AUF DER FLUCHT NACH ÄGYPTEN

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

RUHE AUF DER FLUCHT NACH ÄGYPTEN

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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A Fine 18th c. Gallery Copy of the monumental...

After Claude Lorrain

A Fine 18th c. Gallery Copy of the monumental...

Sale Date: August 28, 2021

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