Claude LorrainFrench, 1600–1682Landscape with Merchants
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Yes, receiving visitors
National Gallery of Art
Room36 · West Building, Main FloorWashington, D.C., United States
On public display.
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- 5 hours ago
- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1952.5.44
What it shows
In the catalog
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Meanwhile, in the life of Claude Lorrain
The whole life1620s
Stops in Marseille, Genoa and Venice
On his travels Claude stayed briefly in Marseille, Genoa and Venice and had the opportunity to study nature in France, Italy and Bavaria.
1625–1627
Back to Lorraine: Nancy and Claude Deruet
At twenty-five Claude left Italy and made long journeys to France and Switzerland; in 1625–27 he lived in his homeland, in Nancy, and worked with Claude Deruet, court painter to the Duke of Lorraine, on the decoration of a Carmelite church. According to Baldinucci, he left Deruet’s studio comparatively soon, in 1626 or 1627.
late 1620s
Meets Joachim von Sandrart
In the late 1620s Claude met Joachim von Sandrart, who would write one of his early biographies and lived with him for a while; Sandrart reported that Claude already had a habit of sketching outdoors, particularly at dawn and dusk, and of making oil studies on the spot.
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