About Claude Lorrain
an orphaned pastry cook from Lorraine who became Rome's leading landscape painter, gave away the figures for free, and kept a book of drawings to outwit forgers
Where to see Claude Lorrain
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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13 recorded works
Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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12 recorded works
National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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10 recorded works
Museo del Prado
Madrid, Spain
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8 recorded works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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5 recorded works
Royal Collection
London, United Kingdom
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3 recorded works
Museo di Capodimonte
Naples, Italy
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3 recorded works
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
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3 recorded works
Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Rome, Italy
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3 recorded works
National Trust
Swindon, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, United States
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Hand-finished archival prints from Claude Lorrain's body of work.
View of La Crescenza - Claude Lorrain
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Seaport, With a Large Tower - Claude Lorrain
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Mercury and Argus - Claude Lorrain
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The Country Dance (small plate) - Claude Lorrain
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Roman Landscape - Claude Lorrain
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Landscape with Ruins - Claude Lorrain
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Landscape with a Country Dance, large plate - Claude Lorrain
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The Goatherd - Claude Lorrain
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2 recorded works
Weston Park
Weston-under-Lizard, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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2 recorded works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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2 recorded works
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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2 recorded works
Princeton Art Museum
Princeton, United States
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2 recorded works
Bridgewater Collection
London, United Kingdom
Also here (2)
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2 recorded works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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2 recorded works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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2 recorded works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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2 recorded works
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
Teylers Museum
Haarlem, Netherlands
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2 recorded works
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
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2 recorded works
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
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2 recorded works
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Germany
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2 recorded works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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2 recorded works
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Also here (6)
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1 recorded work
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
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1 recorded work
Courtauld Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, United States
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1 recorded work
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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1 recorded work
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, United States
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1 recorded work
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Hachiōji, Japan
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1 recorded work
Museum collection Am Römerholz
Winterthur, Switzerland
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1 recorded work
Museum of Grenoble
Grenoble, France
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1 recorded work
National Trust for Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Also here (3)
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1 recorded work
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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1 recorded work
Atkinson Art Gallery and Library
Southport, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
National Museum of Western Art
Tokyo, Japan
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1 recorded work
Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi
Rome, Italy
Also here (3)
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1 recorded work
Royal Cornwall Museum
Truro, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, United States
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1 recorded work
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
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1 recorded work
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Kōfu, Japan
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1 recorded work
Wallace Collection
London, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
National Museum Cardiff
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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1 recorded work
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
23 more museums hold works by Claude Lorrain with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Where did Claude Lorrain work?
Claude Lorrain moved to Rome around 1613. While there, he lived in the household of a painter.Where is Claude Lorrain from?
Claude Lorrain was Duchy of Lorraine, born in 1600 and died in 1682.Claude Lorrain famous paintings?
Some of Claude Lorrain's famous paintings include River Landscape, Harbour Scene with a View of the Capitoline Hill, and The Roman Forum. Other well-known works are Pastoral Landscape, An Artist Studying From Nature, and Seaport at Sunset.Who was Claude Lorrain?
Claude Lorrain, also known as Claude Gellée, was a French landscapist born in the Lorraine region of Champagne in 1600. He moved to Rome around 1613.Who is Claude Lorrain?
Claude Lorrain, also known as Claude Gellée, was a French landscapist. He was born in the Lorraine region of Champagne in 1600.What is Claude Lorrain known for?
Claude Lorrain is known as perhaps the first artist who can justly be described as a modern-style landscape painter. His specialisation in this field was determined by his lifestyle, his working method, his meditative observation of nature, and his open-air sketches.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Claude Lorrain's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Weston Park Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Teylers Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Art Gallery of South Australia Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum McLean Museum and Art Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Samuel H. Kress Collection Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] academic The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Claude Lorrain | Baroque Landscape Painter, Etcher & Draftsman Used for: biography.
- [8] book Claude Gellée Lorrain, Delphi Complete Paintings of Claude Lorrain (Illustrated) (Delphi Masters of Art Book 35) Used for: biography.
- [9] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
- [10] book Gellée Lorrain , Claude, Masters of Art - Claude Lorrain Used for: biography.
- [11] museum Katharine Baetjer, Claude Lorrain (1604/5?–1682) Used for: biography.
- [12] museum Claude (Lorrain, byname of Claude Gellée) Used for: biography.
- [13] museum Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) Used for: biography.
- [14] museum drawing; sketch-book; frontispiece (related to Liber Veritatis) Used for: notable works.
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