Claude Lorrain

New Acquisitions

January 19–April 20, 2008

Claude Lorrain

A View of Sant' Agnese Fuori le Mura

1650-55, Detail (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute)

See for the first time a magnificent group of sixteen drawings by the great French landscape artist Claude Lorrain, acquired by the Clark in 2007. Dating from 1630 through the 1680s, these works represent the range of Claude's draftsmanship—chronologically, thematically, and technically. Several of the drawings are nature studies, including identifiable sites such as Rome and Tivoli. Others are generalized landscape views and studio drawings with imaginary or historical subjects.