Claude Gellée, also called Claude Lorrain (1600-1682) Seaport at Sunset, 1639 Oilon canvas. H. 103 ; l.137 cm / Paris, musée du Louvre, Paintings Department © Photo Rmn-GP (musée du Louvre) Seaport at Sunset (1639) by French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain shows his mastery in the painting of architecture and the rendering of the fading light of the day. The recession from the foreground shore via the buildings on the left and the boats and ship on the right is even and measured, and serves to draw our eye towards the setting sun whose pinks and gold bathe the scene. Lorrain spent most
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