Claude LorrainFrench, 1600–1682Mill on a River
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Mill on a River” now? Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
Boston, United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 44.72
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Claude Lorrain · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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.
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.
1633–1635
Growing fame: commissions from the French ambassador and Philip IV
Claude’s growing reputation was shown by commissions from the French ambassador in Rome (1633) and from Philip IV of Spain (1634–35).
