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CLAUDE LORRAIN (1604/5-82)

Harbour Scene at Sunset

Inscribed 1643

Oil 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.

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