The early work of Raphael . e name le Lorrain by which he is best known. In Claudesday Chamagne was of more importance than in our own, thanks to theneighbouring chateau, once a commanderie of the Knights Templars,subsequently the seat of the seigneurs of Chamagne, whence the placewas sometimes called Chateau-Chamagne. Of the chateau scarcely a trace now remains. The village numbersabout 650 souls. It lies close to the northern boundary of the moderndepartment of the Vosges. The name of Gellee is not yet extinct. Gellee, now aged seventy, son of a former maire of Chamagne, isa linea
The early work of Raphael . e name le Lorrain by which he is best known. In Claudesday Chamagne was of more importance than in our own, thanks to theneighbouring chateau, once a commanderie of the Knights Templars,subsequently the seat of the seigneurs of Chamagne, whence the placewas sometimes called Chateau-Chamagne. Of the chateau scarcely a trace now remains. The village numbersabout 650 souls. It lies close to the northern boundary of the moderndepartment of the Vosges. The name of Gellee is not yet extinct. Gellee, now aged seventy, son of a former maire of Chamagne, isa lineal descendant of one of the painters brothers, and several other in-habitants of the place claim kinship with Claude. The house in which theartist was born still exists, having been carefully preserved by the Gelleefamily, in whose possession it remained until three years ago, and by theAssociation des Artistes Lorrains, who then bought it with a view tomaking of it a kind of museum of relics of the painter and copies of his. ?* » pi: 12 CLAUDE LORRAIN works. It stands at one end of the village street. Over the doorway isa tablet of serpentine with the inscription Ici est ne en 1600 Claude Gellee dit le Lorrain, mort a Rome le 23 Nov. 1682. From the threshold the eye ranges westward over green pasture lands tothe meanderings of the Moselle, northward to the forest of Charmes. Truly no unfitting birthplace for a painter, who all through life lovedmajestic trees, and widespread waters ! Of the artists parents, Jean Gellee and Anne Padose, we know no-thing, except that they were in humble circumstances and had a numerousfamily, of whom five were sons, Jean, Dominique, Claude, Denis, andMichel. The kingdom of art is like the kingdom of heaven in thisrespect, that a rich man shall hardly enter into it. Like nearly allgreat artists, Claude, born poor, had to struggle for daily bread allthrough his boyhood and early manhood. The story of his life has been told with some differences by
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