The early work of Raphael . nly known Claude through his pictures, andperhaps been repelled by their artificiality, Claudes drawings come asa surprise and a delight. To appreciate these drawings rightly we muststudy the originals. Neither the engravings after the drawings in theRoyal Library, made by Lewis and published by Chamberlayne in 1809,nor the reproductions published by the former in 1824 and 1826, giveany idea of the character and delicacy of the originals. There are,however, good photographs of some of Claudes drawings by Braun,and a few excellent facsimile engravings executed by the
The early work of Raphael . nly known Claude through his pictures, andperhaps been repelled by their artificiality, Claudes drawings come asa surprise and a delight. To appreciate these drawings rightly we muststudy the originals. Neither the engravings after the drawings in theRoyal Library, made by Lewis and published by Chamberlayne in 1809,nor the reproductions published by the former in 1824 and 1826, giveany idea of the character and delicacy of the originals. There are,however, good photographs of some of Claudes drawings by Braun,and a few excellent facsimile engravings executed by the Chalcographieof the Louvre. From Baldinucci we know that Claude left, besides the LiberVeritatis, five or six other volumes of sketches and a quantity of loosedrawings. It is probably to the dispersal of these that the variouspublic and private collections throughout Europe owe the drawings byClaude which they possess. By far the greater part have found theirway to England. Many are in the hands of private individuals. The. CLAUDE LORRAIN 7i collection, however, in the British Museum stands unrivalled, both forquantity and quality ; it contains nearly three hundred drawings. Claude used, as we have already seen in speaking of the LiberFeritatis, two kinds of paper for his drawings—one white, the otherblue or gray. It would appear that he did not choose his paperaccording to his subject, for there are some highly finished drawings,others lightly indicated, on both kinds of paper. He would seem to
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