Pastoral Landscape (Q72753400)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: landscape art (Q191163)
artist: Claude Lorrain (Q214074)
collection: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629)
location: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629) Palazzo Colonna (Q1971299)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
commissioned by: Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna (Q3837032)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
Zeri image ID: 77982
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: gwHg3vH-lWcSJw

catalog URL: https://www.kimbellart.org/collection-object/pastoral-landscape

information from the Kimbell Art Museum catalog

description: This is one of at least nine paintings that Claude created for Prince Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, a great connoisseur and collector, between 1663 and 1682. The prince, whose family had its origins in the countryside outside of Rome, undoubtedly shared Claude’s pleasure in hilly sites such as Tivoli and Nemi, adorned with ancient temples, bridges, and other reminders of the Arcadian delights celebrated by Virgil in ancient times. Although the other works Claude painted for Colonna have mythological and literary subjects, the group of shepherds engaged in conversation in the Kimbell painting cannot be associated with any particular narrative.

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