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Claude Lorrain

French painter

b. 1600 CE – d. 1682 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Claude Lorrain, traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain) (c. 1600 – 21 or 23 November 1682) is an artist of the Baroque era who was active in Italy, and is admired for his achievements in landscape painting.

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Moran, J. (2017). Claude Lorrain. History Atlas. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/claude-lorrain/

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