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Claude Lorrain

1600–1682 · Baroque (17th c.) · France · Baroque

Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula — Claude Lorrain
Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula

How to recognize Claude Lorrain

Claude Lorrain invents the idealized golden landscape — harbours and pastoral valleys bathed in hazy, glowing light, often with the sun low on the horizon. Serene and luminous.

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