The Art of Claude Lorrain - ACE022.4

Studies for The Landing of Aeneas at Pallanteum demonstrating that Claude’s sketches were not transferred directly into a painting. Claude’s drawing of the finished painting for his Liber Veritatis. Another drawing, from 1677, in which the distant background had been slightly altered. A drawing of a figure group for the same painting, but done after Claude had started work on the canvas. The completed painting. Commentary gives the history of the painting. The companion painting, Landscape with Sacrifice to Apollo. Commentary relates the history of the pair of paintings. Details of the earlier painting; commentary describes its allusions to contemporary events. Commentary sums up Claude’s achievements and quotes appreciative descriptions by English authors and painters, such as Samuel Palmer, Keats, and Constable. Details of Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Silvia, The Rise of the Roman Empire, Pastoral Capriccio with the Arch of Constantine. Pastoral Landscape, Mill on a River, Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa, Harbour Scene at Sunset, and The Enchanted Castle. Credits.