Forum Romanum te Rome
Claude Lorrain
1637
Medium
etching
Dimensions
261; 198
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso rechtsonder, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Claude Lorrain · 1604–1682
Claude Lorrain (c. 1600-1682), born Claude Gellée in the village of Chamagne in northeastern France's Duchy of Lorraine, stands as one of the most influential landscape painters in Western art history. Orphaned by age twelve, his journey to artistic mastery was unconventional—beginning with apprenticeships in pastry-making and inlay work before destiny led him to Rome around 1620, where he would s...