Classical Landscape - Tivoli - Claude Lorrain

Gift of David Adler

"Classical Landscape - Tivoli" by Claude Lorrain (1636) Pen and ink on paper.

Commentary

"Classical Landscape - Tivoli" by Claude Lorrain (1636) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include pen and ink drawings. This piece is held in t he source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Claude Lorrain is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Claude Lorrain French, 1600-1682. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as pen and ink drawings, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Pen and ink on paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (24.8 × 27.8 cm (9 13/16 × 11 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include pen and ink drawings. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/64379

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data