Who created "Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia"?

Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia was created by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) in 1638.

What medium is "Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia"?

Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia is Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash with white heightening.

Is "Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia" in the public domain?

Yes, Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

1638

Medium

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash with white heightening

Dimensions

Height: 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm) Width: 14 in. (35.5 cm) Frame: 14 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (36.8 × 45.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Debra and Leon D. Black, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020

Accession Number

2020.80.1

About the Artist

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) · 1604–1682

Claude Gellée was born around 1600 in the village of Chamagne in the Duchy of Lorraine, from which he would take the professional name by which history knows him: Claude Lorrain. Orphaned young, he traveled south to Rome as a teenager, eventually finding his way into the Naples workshop of Goffredo Wals before apprenticing with the Roman landscapist and fresco painter Agostino Tassi around 1622. F...

Coast Scene with a View of Civitavecchia

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