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The Ford

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The Ford

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

possibly 1636

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Men Women Rivers Landscapes Boats

Dimensions

29 1/4 x 39 3/4 in. (74.3 x 101 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1928

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

1604–1682 • Duchy of Lorraine

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 spend nearly his entire career.

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