Claude Lorrain

Claude Lorrain, on the other hand, knew how to conciliate freedom of execution with majesty of style.

Claude Lorrain, on the contrary, was convinced that taking nature as he found it seldom produced beauty.

How it would have delighted the heart of Claude Lorrain, the painter of idyllic scenes and the master of aerial perspective!

Of all the contrasts between the early and later lives of great artists, Claude Lorrain gives us the most complete.

So far as we know, this was the first introduction of Claude Lorrain to art other than culinary.