CLAUDE LORRAIN (1604/5-82)
Harbour Scene at Sunset
Inscribed 1643Oil on canvas | 74.3 x 99.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 401382
Claude was captivated by the effect of light in landscape and spent his career recording its peculiarities. The specific glint of the sun on the inky-blue sea and the sharpness of the foreground architecture reminds us exactly of an effect we have seen in nature. We are transported directly into the scene.