Seascape
Claude Lorrain · n.d. · Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Seascape is a public-domain drawing by Claude Lorrain, dated n.d.. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Seascape” (n.d.) is built as Claude built a landscape: a dark foreground, a bright distance, and small figures that set the scale.
About the artist
Claude Lorrain (1600–1682) was a French painter working in Rome. His landscapes open toward a low sun, with a few figures and a distance of sea or countryside.
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