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Claude Lorrain

British  
/ klod lɔrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light

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It’s a mythological painting inspired by Ovid and based on a composition by the 17th-century painter Claude Lorrain.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

Hills, trees and a shimmering lake are laid out in a subtly dynamic diagonal grid, which reflects the painter’s admiration for the popular French landscape artist Claude Lorrain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2021

Several presented themselves in the form of a gallery with more than a dozen paintings by the French painters Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain that I never knew existed here.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2019

Next year's exhibition, Constable: The Making of a Master, will put his works alongside those of landscape Old Masters including Jacob van Ruisdael and Claude Lorrain.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2013

Great painters and sculptors, such as Le Brun, Poussin, Claude Lorrain, and Girardon, ornamented the palaces which Mansard erected; while Le Nôtre laid out the gardens of those palaces which are still a wonder.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John