Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures
Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) · c. 1640–45 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash over graphite
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About this picture
Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures is a CC0 drawing by Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682), dated c. 1640–45. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash over graphite. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures” (c. 1640–45) 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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