Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée; French, 1600-1682)
View of Delphi with a Procession
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée; French, 1600-1682)1673
View of Delphi with a Procession
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée; French, 1600-1682) →Realism17th CenturyNaturalismoil on canvasoil
Date
1673
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101.6 × 127 cm (40 × 50 in.); Framed: 130.2 × 156.6 cm (51 1/4 × 61 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund
This painting of the ancient city of Delphi (in what is now Greece) presents a delicate rendering of the glowing Mediterranean atmosphere. Like many other foreign artists drawn to the ruins of antiquity, French painter Claude Lorrain was fascinated with the ancient Roman Empire. Here, he evoked a serene, bucolic world akin to the poetic vision of the ancient Roman writer Virgil, depicting the ruins restored to their original glory as Claude imagined. This painting was commissioned by Cardinal Carlo Camillo Massimi, an important and erudite collector in Rome.
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