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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Expansive Landscape

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

Expansive Landscape

Sale Date: August 28, 2021

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La danse au bord de l'eau, 1635

Claude Lorrain

La danse au bord de l'eau, 1635

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Harbor in Sunlight

School of Claude Lorrain

Harbor in Sunlight

Sale Date: July 14, 2021

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L’Enlèvement d’Europe, 1634

Claude Lorrain

L’Enlèvement d’Europe, 1634

Sale Date: July 9, 2021

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An extensive landscape with two trees at the...

Claude Lorrain

An extensive landscape with two trees at the...

Sale Date: July 6, 2021

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DIANA BATHING (DIANA AND ACTAEON)

Follower of Claude Lorrain

DIANA BATHING (DIANA AND ACTAEON)

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Paysage d'Italie à la ferme fortifiée

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

Paysage d'Italie à la ferme fortifiée

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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Landscape with the nymph Egeria

After Claude Lorrain

Landscape with the nymph Egeria

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Paysage avec une GALÈRE AU DRAPEAU DE MALTE

Claude Lorrain

Paysage avec une GALÈRE AU DRAPEAU DE MALTE

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Die Landschaft mit der Allegorie der Zeit,..., 1662

Claude Lorrain

Die Landschaft mit der Allegorie der Zeit,..., 1662

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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La Danse sous les arbres

Claude Lorrain

La Danse sous les arbres

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Cows Watering in a Landscape near an Aqueduct

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Cows Watering in a Landscape near an Aqueduct

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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La pigiatura dell'uva

In the manner of Claude Lorrain

La pigiatura dell'uva

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Veduta costiera con barche, pescatori e faro...

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Veduta costiera con barche, pescatori e faro...

Sale Date: May 14, 2021

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Le Départ pour les Champs., 1638–1641

Claude Lorrain

Le Départ pour les Champs., 1638–1641

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Le Bouvier., 1636

Claude Lorrain

Le Bouvier., 1636

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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La Tempête., 1630

Claude Lorrain

La Tempête., 1630

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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L'Enlèvement d'Europe., 1634

Claude Lorrain

L'Enlèvement d'Europe., 1634

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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La Fuite en Egypte., 1630–1633

Claude Lorrain

La Fuite en Egypte., 1630–1633

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Paysage au soleil couchant avec villageois en...

Claude Lorrain

Paysage au soleil couchant avec villageois en...

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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ZWEI LANDSCHAFTSANSICHTEN

Attributed to Claude Lorrain

ZWEI LANDSCHAFTSANSICHTEN

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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La Fuite en Égypte; together with Two..., 1630–1633

Claude Lorrain

La Fuite en Égypte; together with Two..., 1630–1633

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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A pastoral landscape with a coastal view in the...

Claude Lorrain

A pastoral landscape with a coastal view in the...

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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Cows Watering in a Landscape near an Aqueduct

Follower of Claude Lorrain

Cows Watering in a Landscape near an Aqueduct

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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