Landscape with a Bridge
c. 1630/1635
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 20.5 x 26.9 cm (8 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.) support: 26.6 x 40.5 cm (10 1/2 x 15 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder
Accession Number
1981.68.1
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...