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David and Goliath (verso)

c. 1645

Claude Lorrain

(French, 1604–1682)
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Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
black chalk
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 26 x 40.5 cm (10 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Greene 1928.15.b
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Location
Not on view
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Description

This drawing represents a view of the famous Acqua Acetosa, a mineral spring that until the 19th century provided the favored drinking water of Romans who believed in its healing powers. Although topographically accurate, the sheet is not a plein-air study but a vision of an imagined Arcadian world carefully rendered by Gellée, one of the most original painters of the 17th century. The French-born artist spent his career painting and drawing the Roman Campagna and the Neopolitan coastline. Sublimely beautiful pen-and-ink and wash drawings such as the example here reveal the artist's highly poetic response to the natural world and his unparalleled sensitivity to light.

David and Goliath (verso)

c. 1645

Claude Lorrain

(French, 1604–1682)
France, 17th century

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