The Judgment of Paris
Claude Lorrain · c. 1645 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down
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About this picture
The Judgment of Paris is a public-domain drawing by Claude Lorrain, dated c. 1645. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Judgment of Paris” (c. 1645) 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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