Claude Lorrain (alternatively: Claude Gelee)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
A Sea Port, This painting depicts a port scene amongst Grecian ruins. Several figures are present in the foreground.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0305; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on catalog clipping indicate that this work once belonged in the Sedelmeyer collection.
Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, In this painting, Zeus is the form of a white bull rests on a seashore. Europa sits on the bull's back unaware of her impending abduction., 1645
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0307; Public Notes: Text on this photograph indicates that the work once belonged in the Goudstikker Collection.
Landscape with Adoration of the Golden Calf, This work depicts the scene from Exodus 32:7-14 in which the Israelites stand in adoration of the Golden Calf., 1653
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0306.2; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on this catalog clipping speculate the date the work was produced and list the dimensions of the object.
Landscape with Cattle, In this painting, a herd of cattle stand in an expansive landscape and drink from a stream. On the right of the composition, four shepherds stand in a circle with a sheep who stands on its hind legs.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0314; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on catalog clipping indicate that this work was sold at Sotheby's on Decemeber 8, 1965.
Landscape with Christ, This work depicts Christ and two of his disciples in a landscape.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0315; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on back of photograph indicate that the photograph was sold at Sotheby's in 1963.
Landscape with Holy Family and Angels, This work depicts the Holy Family and two angels in a landscape.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0316; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on back of photograph indicate that the photograph was sold at Christie's in 1960.
The Sermon on the Mount, This painting depicts the Sermon on the Mount. In the center of the composition, Christ sits atop Mt. Tabor surrounded by the twelve apostles. Crowds gather and listen in the valleys below. In the distant background stands Mt. Lebanon and the Sea of Galilee., c.1656
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0306.1; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on this catalog clipping attribute the work to Claude Lorrain and indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on June 24, 1959.
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