Pastoral Landscape, 1638, Claude Gellée (called Le Lorrain), French, 1603–1682, 38 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. ( x cm) (sight)39 1/2 x 52 in. ( x cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, France, 17th century, Claude Gellée, called Le Lorrain, was apprenticed to a pastry chef in his native France, but in 1628 he moved to Rome and studied painting. This work is the best example from his brilliant, pivotal years between 1635 and 1640. His compositions from that time express an awareness of light and its effects gained from his direct experience with nature.

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