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Description: | This scene certainly fits Lorrain's criteria for an 'ideal landscape', the creation of an image more beautiful than nature itself, and containing contented figures. Lorrain was not the inventor of this type of landscape, very popular throughout the seventeenth century and beyond, but his use of light made his compositions more refined than many. The light unifies the composition and lends even more beauty to the landscapes he created. The attribution of this painting to Lorrain himself is however doubtful, as all his works showed a high finish and decorum, two elements which are lacking here. | Subjects: | marine; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lorrain, Claude (French painter and draftsman, 1604-1682, active in Italy) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to Lorrain, Claude (French painter and draftsman, 1604-1682, active in Italy) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9014... | Go to resource |
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