Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain

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Claude Lorrain (born Claude Gellée; c. 1600 – 1682)

• Was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher.
• He was born in the small village of Chamagne, Vosges.
• He spent most of his life in Italy.
• He joined the workshop of Agostino Tassi in Rome.
• Tassi is known as the rapist of Artemisia Gentileschi.
• He is one of the earliest important artists, to concentrate on landscape painting.
• By the end of the 1630s he was established as the leading landscapist in Italy.
• He produced over 40 etchings, often simplified versions of paintings, mainly before 1642.
• At his death, he owned only four of his paintings, but most of his drawings.
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Claude Lorrain, Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon, 1680

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, Mill on a River, c. 1631

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, Mill on a River, c. 1631

Claude Lorrain, Harbour at Sunrise, c. 1637 - c. 1638

Original, Rijksmuseum (2018)

Claude Lorrain, Harbour at Sunrise, c. 1637 - c. 1638

Claude Lorrain, The Judgment of Paris, 1645-1646

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Claude Lorrain, The Judgment of Paris, 1645-1646

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1647

Originalm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629

Claude Lorrain, The Embarkation of Saint Paula, ca. 1639

Original, El Prado-Madrid. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, 1643

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Claude Lorrain, The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, 1643

Claude Lorrain, Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, c. 1645

Original, The J. Paul Getty Museum. Visited in 2018.

Claude Lorrain, Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, c. 1645

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with St. George and the Dragon, c. 1643

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with St. George and the Dragon, c. 1643

Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648

Claude Lorrain, The Sermon on the Mount, 1656

Original, Frick Collections, New York. Visited in 2018.

Claude Gellée, Coast Scene with Europa and the Bull, 1634

Original, Kimbell Art Museum, TX. Visited in 2020.

Claude Gellée, A Seaport at Sunset, 1643

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Claude Gellée, A Seaport at Sunset, 1643

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Sunrise, 1631

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Sunrise, 1631

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Cleopatra's landing in Tarsus, 1642-1643

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Cleopatra's landing in Tarsus, 1642-1643

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Sea port at sunset, 1639

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Sea port at sunset, 1639

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, View of a port with the Capitol, c. 1636

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, View of a port with the Capitol, c. 1636

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Ulysses hands Chryseis to his father, around 1644

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Ulysses hands Chryseis to his father, around 1644

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Ulysses hands Chryseis to his father, around 1644

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, David crowned king by Samuel, 1647

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, David crowned king by Samuel, 1647

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Siege of La Rochelle by Louis XIII, about 1631

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Siege of La Rochelle by Louis XIII, about 1631

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, View of Tivoli at Sunset, ca. 1642-1644

Original, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Visited in 2022.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, View of Tivoli at Sunset, ca. 1642-1644

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Christ Appears in front of Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), 1681

Original, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Visited in 2022.

Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain, Christ Appears in front of Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), 1681