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Claude Lorrain (Chamagne, Lorraine, 1600 – Rome, 1682) was a French painter.
Claude's achievement as a pioneer in landscape painting has earned him a place in the pantheon of art history. He was widely imitated for almost two centuries, and therefore often produces in the popular imagination a feeling of déjà-vu, especially in his best-known compositions. [1]
The Return of Odysseus.
Le Soleil Levant
Embarkation of Saint Ursula
Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum, ca. 1634
The Landing of Cleopatra in Tarsus
Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
See also
External links
- Claude Lorrain The Web Gallery of Art.
- Claude Lorrain
- Lorrain, Claude