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Claude Lorrain

Harbor Scene with a Lighthouse

1638–41
Etching on ivory laid paper
14.5 × 20.4 cm (5.7 × 8 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Claude arrived in Rome around 1613 and apprenticed himself to Agostino Tassi, a landscape painter. Except for a brief return to his native Nancy in 1627, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life.

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