View of Seaport
Maker
Claude Lorrain
(French, 1604 - 1682)
Additional Title(s)
- Seaport at sunrise (Liber Veritas no.2)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1633-1634
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/2 x 38 in. (72.4 x 96.5 cm.)
DescriptionLofty porticos with a galleon are seen on the left, in the center are three men in conversation. On the right are several vessels riding at anchor under shelter of the high-land. In front are men loading a row-boat.
InscribedCladio In. Roma
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextClaude Lorrain was a French painter who settled in Rome around 1627–28. His landscapes were among the most sought after by 17th- and 18th-century collectors and were widely imitated by artists. Like most of Claude’s work, this painting depicts a broad view of nature bathed in the golden light of morning or evening. For contemporary viewers, it would have evoked an ideal of the simple life, as well as the classical Roman poetry of Virgil, who imagined a pastoral setting he called Arcadia, where people lived harmoniously with nature.Status
On viewObject number78.20.6
Claude Lorrain
after 1779
Object number: 2010.18.13
