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Claude Lorrain

Duchy of Lorraine1600–1682

Portrait of Claude Lorrain

About

Claude Lorrain was a painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era originally from the Duchy of Lorraine. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest significant artists, aside from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes often transitioned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology.

Notable works

Sunrise

at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Works in the collection

144 works

Sunrise

at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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