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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
Dec 18 2010
Death of Germanicus by Nicolas Poussin, 1628
Baroque / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This dramatic scene shows the death of Germanicus the step-grandson of Augustus and physical grandson of Mark Antony. His younger brother was the future emperor Claudius. Germanicus was very popular with the Roman people and Augustus who celebrated his triumphs over the Germans and in Anatolia. During his tour of duty in the East he fell ill and died at Antioch. His small son Caligula later became emperor. Nicolas Poussin has captured the moment of Germanicus’ death at the early age of 35 in his early Classical style. Poussin was also thirty-five years old when he painted this masterpiece. The original is at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts in Minnesota.
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