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Jun 21 2011
A Seaport at Sunrise
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “A Seaport at Sunrise” of 1674 by Claude Lorrain. This early Baroque masterpiece was created when the artist was about sixty-nine. He was born in Lorraine and orphaned at twelve. He lived with a brother, in Rome and then in Naples was apprenticed under Goffredo Wals. Returning to Rome in 1625 he was again apprenticed and then traveled in Germany and France where he produced minatures. Turning to landscapes in Rome again in 1627, he befriended Nicolas Poussin and they traveled the Campagna doing landscape sketches together. He continued to produce many works and accumulated considerable wealth. He died in November, 1682 in Rome leaving a nephew and adopted daughter. This masterpiece is 96 cm wide and 72 cm high and is in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
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