The early work of Raphael . that he entirely gave up this sort of work, and ever after-wards had great reluctance in accepting any chance of working whichobliged him to paint on a scaffold, although several times in after-lifehe made an exception to the rule. CLAUDE LORRAIN 19 We may conjecture that other feelings mingled with that of disgustat the task on which he was employed to induce Claude to the decisionwhich he now took. The barbarians who poured into Italy in the third and followingcenturies pretended that none who had once eaten figs could freethemselves from the longing to see Italy
The early work of Raphael . that he entirely gave up this sort of work, and ever after-wards had great reluctance in accepting any chance of working whichobliged him to paint on a scaffold, although several times in after-lifehe made an exception to the rule. CLAUDE LORRAIN 19 We may conjecture that other feelings mingled with that of disgustat the task on which he was employed to induce Claude to the decisionwhich he now took. The barbarians who poured into Italy in the third and followingcenturies pretended that none who had once eaten figs could freethemselves from the longing to see Italy again. Claude was in a likecase. Having tasted the joys of life under a southern sky, he couldwith difficulty accustom himself to northern lands. His fancies flewback to the sunburnt Campagna and the rippling bays of the Medi-terranean. Following them, he set his face southward and made hisway towards Italy, choosing this time the most rapid route—, byLyons to Marseilles. Here, while waiting for a ship to take him to. Old Port of Marseilles. From a Pen drawing by Claude. Italy—so at least his later biographers relate—he was stricken by anattack of fever, which well-nigh proved fatal. On his recovery he foundthat he had been robbed of nearly all he possessed. Forced to cast about for the means to continue his journey, he hadthe good luck to find a patron in a wealthy Marseilles merchant, whocommissioned him to paint two pictures and was so satisfied with themthat he would gladly have had more. The young artist, however, wasin too great a hurry to regain the classic shore of Italy to allow himselfto be any longer detained, and, having earned wherewithal to pay hispassage, embarked on a ship bound for Civita Vecchia. On board hefound congenial company in the person of Charles Errard of Nantes, whothrough the influence of Marie de Medicis had become court-painter to B 2 20 CLAUDE LORRAIN Louis XIII. Errard was now on his way to Rome with his two sons lwho intended to comp
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