Claude LorrainFrench, 1600–1682A study of trees
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London, United Kingdom
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- The museum
About the work
As a youth Claude Gellée, called Le Lorrain had moved from Lorraine (in eastern France) to Rome, where he worked for the rest of his life. His paintings evoke an arcadia of shepherds and flocks, rustic dances, and episodes from myth, legend or the Old Testament, all bathed in a nostalgic golden light. Claude also made many sketches, such as this one, in the countryside around Rome. This attractive study, spontaneously dashed off on a scrap of rough blue paper, passed through the hands of many important collectors. Bought by the collector C.A. Ionides as by Claude, it and a similar drawing were later re-attributed to Claude's contemporary, Giovanni-Francesco Grimaldi, 'Il Bolognese' (1606-80). Recently, the other sheet has been given back to Claude. Ionides liked drawings of gnarled trees and also owned several similar subjects by English and Dutch artists.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- CAI.410
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
