Coast_scene_with_a_battle_on_a_bridge_by_Claude_Lorrain.jpg

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Claude Gellée , dit « le Lorrain », Claude Gillée, Claudio Lorena, Claude Le Lorrain, Claude, Claudio, Claudius
Description	Lorrainer painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	1604 or 1605 date QS:P,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1604-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	23 November 1682
Location of birth/death	Chamagne	Rome
Work location	Freiburg im Breisgau (1615-1617), Rome (1616-1617), Naples (1618), Venice (1625), Nancy (circa 1625-1627), Rome (1627-1682), Tivoli (1635)
Authority file	: Q214074 VIAF : 54156251 ISNI : 000000012133426X ULAN : 500115366 LCCN : n50036071 NLA : 36514622 WorldCat

Description

English : Coast scene with a battle on a bridge, record of paintings in Moscow and Richmond (Virginia) from the Liber Veritatis; in foreground figures and animals moving towards r, beyond bridge and battle, in background stretch of water

Français : Scène côtière avec un combat sur un pont, registre des tableaux de Moscou et Richmond (Virginie) du Liber Veritatis , à l'avant-plan des personnes et des animaux se allant vers la droite, au-delà bataille sur le du pont, au fond étendue d'eau.

Medium

brown pen , brown wash and white highlight on blue paper

Dimensions

height: 198 mm (7.79 in); width: 261 mm (10.27 in)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF : 134857252 ISNI : 0000000123428817 ULAN : 500125180 LCCN : n79107735 NLA : 35022119 WorldCat

Current location

Prints & Drawings

Accession number

1957,1214.143

Object history

1957: purchased by British Museum from William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

Exhibition history

1977 BM, Claude Lorrain: Liber Veritatis

References

Liber Veritatis 137
Roethlisberger 761

Source/Photographer

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1957-1214-143

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