Claude LorrainFrance, 1600–1682The Roman Forum
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, États-Unis
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- Les données de collection du musée lui-même
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- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1927.2532
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- Art Institute of Chicago : les données ouvertes du musée · obtenue il y a 8 jours
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Pendant ce temps, chez Claude Lorrain
La vie entière1633–1635
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).
1634
Admitted to the Academy of Saint Luke
In 1634 Claude was admitted to the Academy of Saint Luke.
1635
Recognition: his pictures are in demand
From 1635 Claude’s work was recognised and his paintings were in great demand; his patrons included Pope Urban VIII (four works), Cardinal Bentivoglio and Prince Colonna.
1635–1638
Pope Urban VIII commissions four paintings
According to Baldinucci, Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, impressed by the two landscapes Claude painted for him, recommended the artist to Pope Urban VIII; four paintings were made for the Pope in 1635–38, two large and two small on copper.
1637
The French ambassador buys two paintings
In 1637 the French ambassador to the Vatican bought two paintings from Claude, “View of the Roman Forum” and “View of a Port with the Capitol”, which are now in the Louvre.
late 1630s
Italy’s leading landscapist, with large fees
By the end of the 1630s Claude was established as the leading landscapist in Italy and enjoyed large fees; his landscapes gradually became larger but with fewer figures, more carefully painted and produced at a lower rate.
