View of La Crescenza
The Met
Artist: Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)(French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome)
Date: 1648–50
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 22 7/8 in. (38.7 x 58.1 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1978
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
A landscape with a distant castle on a hill, framed by tall trees and green terrain
Detailed Description
A broad landscape is depicted under a light blue sky with subtle white clouds. The foreground is dark, featuring patches of brown and green ground with sparse, lighter vegetation. On the left, a dense mass of dark green and brown trees creates a shadowed area, extending upwards. In the center, several tall, slender trees with lighter, yellowish-brown foliage stand out, their dark trunks reaching towards the sky. Between these central trees, a brighter, open area appears to be a path or clearing leading into the midground. In the middle distance, a light-colored castle with multiple towers and crenellated battlements is situated on a gently rising hill. The castle has visible openings, possibly windows or archways. To the right of the castle, the landscape continues with undulating green hills, sparsely covered with smaller, dark green trees. A large, full tree with dense, dark green foliage occupies the right side of the midground, partially obscuring the view. Small, indistinct figures or animals are visible in the grassy areas of the midground, particularly on the right.
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