The Sunset
Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) · 1634 · etching
CC0 1.0
CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
The Sunset is a CC0 illustration by Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682), dated 1634. Etching. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Sunset” (1634) 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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