Grove of Trees

c. 1640

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image depicts a landscape from a slightly elevated angle, showing trees and an open expanse in the distance. The loose and fluid brushstrokes create an impressionistic style with earthy tones dominating the color palette. The trees in the foreground lead the eye towards the open space hinting at land stretching beyond.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jean and Kahlil Gibran

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8.5 x 12.4 cm (3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.245.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethlisberger 1968, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. Tedeschi, Rome; S. Denenberg, New York; Jean and Kahlil Gibran, Boston, MA, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Roethlisberger, Marcel. Claude Lorrain: The Drawings. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968.

Wikidata ID

Q64540126

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