Who created "Roman Landscape"?

Roman Landscape was created by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) in mid to late 17th century.

When was "Roman Landscape" created?

This artwork was created mid to late 17th century.

What medium is "Roman Landscape"?

Roman Landscape is Sepia ink and wash.

Is "Roman Landscape" in the public domain?

Yes, Roman Landscape is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Roman Landscape

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

mid to late 17th century

Medium

Sepia ink and wash

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (15.9 x 28.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.660

Tags

Landscapes

Art Historical Context

Claude Lorrain, Claude Gellée in France, was a master of 17th-century landscape art, renowned for his poetic depictions of the Roman countryside bathed in golden light. Created in the mid- to late 1600s, *Roman* exemplifies his lifelong fascination with Italy classical ruins and pastoral scenes. Working primarily in, Lorrain drew from the Eternal City's ancient and serene harbors, blending them into idealized visions that influenced generations of, from British landscapists to the Romantics. This intimate drawing, executed in sepia ink and wash on paper (measuring just 6¼ x 11¼ inches), showc...

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...

Roman Landscape

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