Two Women in Classical Dress
mid-1640s
Medium
brush and black and brown inks and wash over black chalk on apricot prepared paper,laid down
Dimensions
Overall: 16.6 x 13.3 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.) support: 25.2 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1978.108.1
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...