Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures (c. 1640–45): Art, History and Details

Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures (c. 1640–45) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Claude Lorrain changed the direction of European landscape painting by opening up vistas that fade into either morning or evening sun. A prolific draftsman, he emphasized the tranquil and idyllic nature of the Roman countryside.

Object facts

• Title: Pastoral Scene with Classical Figures
• Date: c. 1640–45
• Creator attribution: Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682)
• Culture: France
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash over graphite
• Dimensions: Sheet: 19.2 x 25.8 cm (7 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Image: 19 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1982.13

Collection credit

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Röthlisberger, Marcel. Claude Lorrain: The Wildenstein Album. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, édition d’études et de documents, 1962.
• Röthlisberger, Marcel, "Claude Lorrain ses plus beaux dessins retrouves," Connaissance des Arts, (Dec 1962): pp. 138-147.
• Roethlisberger, Marcel. Claude Lorrain: The Drawings. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968.

View the collection record

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