Lorrain populated some of his canvases with characters that have no relation to history or mythology. These landscapes echo the mood with the pastoral poems of Virgil, the most famous
Landscape with Ascanius shooting a deer by Claude Lorrain
This is the last picture of Lorrain. He did not include it in his “Book of Truth” – perhaps because he simply did not have time to do this, he
Departure of the Queen of Sheba by Claude Lorrain
This seascape of Lorrain is a paired picture to “Landscape with the scene of the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah.” Turner was so fascinated by these two works of Lorrain
Port Tramonto by Claude Lorrain
Brushes Claude Lorrain owned a series of paintings, which are faced by two elements – land and sea. Some of them, such as Port of Tramonto, are written in the
Cleopatra’s arrival at Tarsus by Claude Lorrain
The picture is written on a real historical plot, as always with Lorrain, greatly transformed. The Queen arrives in Tarsus, intending to seduce Mark Antony and thereby subordinate him to
Bay Bay by Claude Lorrain
He was often called the master of the decorative landscape, as if accusing him of the fact that the places he depicts do not really exist. But not existing in