Who created "Panorama from the Sasso"?

Panorama from the Sasso was created by Claude Lorrain in 1649/1655.

When was "Panorama from the Sasso" created?

This artwork was created 1649/1655.

Panorama from the Sasso

Q: What medium is "Panorama from the Sasso"?

Panorama from the Sasso is Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache and traces of white chalk, over black chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper.

Claude Lorrain

1649/1655

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache and traces of white chalk, over black chalk and graphite, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

16.2 × 40.2 cm (6 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

60031

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...

Panorama from the Sasso

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