The early work of Raphael . nd the grandiose side ofNature had no attraction for his brush. He left such themes to Poussinand Salvator Rosa. Some of Claudes biographers, notably Knight Payne, would have usbelieve that the young painter spent some time at Harlaching, a littlevillage near Munich. To commemorate this supposed sojourn of Claude at Harlachinga monument, bearing his portrait and an inscription, was erected in1865 by King Ludwig I. of Bavaria. Various other incidents related by dArgenville—, an illness that,towards the end of his journey, laid Claude low, in which condition hewas
The early work of Raphael . nd the grandiose side ofNature had no attraction for his brush. He left such themes to Poussinand Salvator Rosa. Some of Claudes biographers, notably Knight Payne, would have usbelieve that the young painter spent some time at Harlaching, a littlevillage near Munich. To commemorate this supposed sojourn of Claude at Harlachinga monument, bearing his portrait and an inscription, was erected in1865 by King Ludwig I. of Bavaria. Various other incidents related by dArgenville—, an illness that,towards the end of his journey, laid Claude low, in which condition hewas robbed of all he possessed—may be dismissed as apocryphal. From Chamagne Claude repaired to Nancy, the capital of Lorraineand seat of the Ducal Court, a court famous for its love of luxury andits patronage of the arts. Through a relative who resided there, Claude was fortunate enoughto secure an introduction to Claude Deruet—Dervent in Baldinuccistext—painter-in-ordinary to the reigning Duke, Henri II., a favourite. fc, CO 18 CLAUDE LORRAIN of the Prince de Phalsbourg (a bastard of the House of Guise), andall-powerful in the art world of Lorraine. Deruet was a painter ofconsiderable capacity ; M. Meaume indeed esteems him one of the bestartists of Lorraine. Born in 1588—at Nancy it is supposed—he wentto Rome as a lad, and studied there under Antonio Tempesta and theCavalier dArpino. Returning to Nancy, Deruet painted portraits anddecorative designs. His work attracted attention outside XIII. took lessons in painting from him not without profit, tojudge from a portrait in gouache of the painter by the king, whichis treasured in the manuscript department of the Musee Lorrain atNancy. Deruet, whose position—he had received letters of nobility in 1621—enabled him to play the grand seigneur, received the young strangergraciously, and consented to employ him as one of his assistants. Shortly after Claudes arrival at Nancy, Deruet was called on by thePr
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