Name: "L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain
Brand: Claude Lorrain
Rating: 4.9 (62 reviews)

"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain

View Similar Items

Giuseppe Vasi - Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century

Charles Amand Durand - Landschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century

Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non - Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century

Filippo de Grado - Roman Fresco - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century

Raffaele Barone - Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century

Luigi Aloja - Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century

Giuseppe Vasi - Porta Pia Viminalis - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - 18th century

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Hadrian's Mausoleum, Castel S. Angelo: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi

Unknown - Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome Italy. Jacobs Lauro 17th century engraving

Niccolò Vanni - Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century

Francesco Cepparoli - Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century

Unknown - Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by A. Cattaneo - 18th Century

About the Item

"L'Apparition (The Vision)" is an original etching by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee). This print depicts a religious vision near the edge of a river. The publisher is Mannocci #5 and is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" art 18 3/8" x 20 7/8" frame Biography Claude Lorrain was born in c. 1604 into poverty in the town of Chamagne, Vosges in Lorraine—then the Duchy of Lorraine, an independent state until 1766 in northeastern France. He was one of five children. His name was Claude Gellée; however, he is known by the province in which he was born. He is often simply called Claude. Orphaned by the age of twelve, he went to live in Freiburg with an elder brother, Jean Gellée, a woodcarver. Claude went to Rome and then Naples from 1619 to 1621, where he apprenticed under Goffredo (Gottfried) Wals. He returned to Rome in April of 1625 and was apprenticed to Augustin Tassi. Claude toured in Italy, France, and Germany, including his native Lorraine. Claude Deruet, painter to the Duke of Lorraine, kept him as an assistant for a year. He painted architectural subjects in Nancy at the Carmelite church. In 1627, Claude returned to Rome. Two landscapes commissioned by Cardinal Bentivoglio earned him the patronage of Pope Urban VIII. From about 1627, he rapidly achieved fame as a painter of landscapes and seascapes. Apparently, he befriended his fellow Frenchman, Nicolas Poussin; together they would travel the Roman Campagna, sketching landscapes. Although both artists have been called landscape painters, they were history painters. In Poussin’s work, landscape is a backdrop for the figures that dominate the composition. Claude’s work is more landscape dominant, yet figures are always present. To avoid the repetition of subjects and to combat copiers of his work, Claude made drawings of the pictures he sent to all his patrons. On the back of each drawing, he wrote the name of the purchaser. Called the Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), the volume became a valuable study guide for Claude’s work. Claude Lorrain died in Rome in November of 1682, leaving his wealth to his only surviving relatives, a nephew and an adopted daughter (possibly his niece). Legacy Landscape was not considered a serious subject for painting during Claude’s time. Despite his mastery of landscape and his legacy as one of the most accomplished landscape painters in Western art history, Claude was known during his time as a history painter, representing mythical and religious subjects. In seventeenth-century Europe, landscape, like still life and genre painting, reflected an aesthetic viewpoint that lacked moral seriousness. In the matter of the importance of landscape, Claude was prescient. He did not depict the uninhabited panoramas that were esteemed in later centuries, rather his works featured pastoral worlds populated by classical ruins or seascapes. To satisfy his patrons, his pictures include gods, heroes, and saints, even though his sketchbooks contain many drawings of the natural world. Joachim van Sandrart, a German artist and one of Claude’s biographers, described the artist’s working methods for capturing the essence of nature. He wrote that Claude “... studied his art with great seriousness and application; he tried by every means to penetrate nature, lying in the fields before the break of day and until night in order to learn to represent very exactly the red morning sky, sunrise and sunset and the evening hours. When he had well contemplated one or the other in the fields he immediately prepared his colours accordingly, returned home and applied them to the work he had in mind with much greater naturalness than anyone had ever done.” John Constable described Claude Lorrain as “the most perfect landscape painter the world ever saw”, and declared that in Claude’s landscape “all is lovely- all amiable- all is amenity and repose; the calm sunshine of the heart.”

Creator:
Claude Lorrain (1604 - 1682, French)
Creation Year:
1630
Dimensions:
Height: 18.375 in (46.68 cm)Width: 20.875 in (53.03 cm)
Medium:
Etching
Movement & Style:
Old Masters
Period:
1630-1639
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Reference Number:
Seller: 10632g1stDibs: LU60532207243

Etching

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle, 1636

$4,500

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Giuseppe Vasi
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century, Late 18th Century

$1,047

Landschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century

By Charles Amand Durand

Located in Roma, IT

Landschap Met Vierkante Toren is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1650. This wonderful piece of art belongs to...

Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Charles Amand Durand
Landschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century, 19th Century

$535

Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape with Bridge is a beautiful black and white etching realized by Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non at the end of 18th Century. On lower margin under the image the inscriptio...

Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non
Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

$279

$349

"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain

View Similar Items

Claude Lorrain
"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain
1630

About the Item

Claude Lorrain

More From This Seller

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river figures scene, 1638-41

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees figures scene, 1630

1630s Old Masters Animal Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees goats, 1630-33

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees figures sky, 1630-33

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river scene, 1630

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle, 1636

You May Also Like

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Giuseppe Vasi
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century, Late 18th Century

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Charles Amand Durand
Landschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century, 19th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non
Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Filippo de Grado
Roman Fresco - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century, 18th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Raffaele Barone
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Luigi Aloja
Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Recently Viewed

"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain

View Similar Items

Claude Lorrain"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain1630

About the Item

Claude Lorrain

More From This Seller

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river figures scene, 1638-41

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees figures scene, 1630

1630s Old Masters Animal Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees goats, 1630-33

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees figures sky, 1630-33

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river scene, 1630

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Claude Lorrain17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle, 1636

You May Also Like

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Giuseppe VasiCasino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century, Late 18th Century

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Charles Amand DurandLandschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century, 19th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-NonLandscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Filippo de GradoRoman Fresco - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century, 18th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Raffaele BaroneSparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Luigi AlojaLandscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Recently Viewed

Claude Lorrain
"L'Apparition (The Vision), " an etching by Claude Lorrain
1630

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river figures scene, 1638-41

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees figures scene, 1630

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees goats, 1630-33

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees figures sky, 1630-33

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees river scene, 1630

Claude Lorrain
17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle, 1636

Giuseppe Vasi
Casino della Villa Patrizi Fuori - Etching by Giuseppe Vasi - Late 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Charles Amand Durand
Landschap Met Vierkante Toren - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century, 19th Century

Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non
Landscape with Bridge - Etching by J. C. Richard de Saint-Non - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Filippo de Grado
Roman Fresco - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century, 18th Century

Raffaele Barone
Sparrows On Boughs, Roman Fresco - Etching by Raffaele Barone - 18th Century, Late 18th Century

Luigi Aloja
Landscapes with Monuments and Figures - Etching by Luigi Aloja - 18th Century, Late 18th Century