This painting has in the past been titled ' Cattle Grazing. Sunset', & has been identified as a scene on the banks of the river Cure in the Morvan region of Burgundy, eastern France. ...

Procris was accidentally killed by her husband Cephalus. In one version of the story she was brought back to life by the goddess Diana. Here the goddess reconciles the couple & warns them of the dangers of jealousy & unfaithfulness. The story comes from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book VII) where Diana, goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog & spear. Ovid's story ends tragically with Cephalus accidentally killing Procris with the spear. The happy ending shown in this painting by Claude is unusual. However, Claude also made a (now lost) picture of the death of Procris. ...

David & his followers stand before the cave of Adullam; three mighty men risk their lives by breaking through the ranks of the Philistines to bring water from the well by the gate of Bethlehem. On their return King David realised that he had risked their lives for a frivolous purpose & offered the water to the Lord. Old Testament (2 Samuel 23: 13-17). The picture was painted in 1658 for Prince Agostino Chigi (1634
- 1705), a nephew of Pope Alexander VII & a captain of the papal guards. A number of preparatory drawings by Claude are known.
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An angel appears to the prophet Elijah on Mount Horeb & instructs him 'to stand upon the Mount before the Lord'. Old Testament (1 Kings 19: 5-12). This painting, & Dughet's ' Landscape with Abraham & Isaac', may be the two paintings which had entered the collection of the Roman aristocrat, Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, by 1664. ...

Formerly attributed to an unidentified pupil of Gaspard Dughet, this work is now attributed to his pupil Crescenzio Onofri, with the figures by an anonymous collaborator (perhaps F. Petrucci, 1660
- 1719).
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Formerly attributed to an unidentified pupil of Gaspard Dughet, this work is now attributed to his pupil Crescenzio Onofri, with the figures by an anonymous collaborator (perhaps F. Petrucci, 1660
- 1719).
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An honest woodman who had lost his axe was rewarded by Mercury with a golden one when he denied that his own had been of precious metal. A dishonest woodman thereupon claimed that he had lost a golden axe; Mercury recovered it & showed it was merely of ...

It is not clear whether Uyttenbroeck intended to represent a particular mythological subject here. The scene has been described as the ' Nurture of Bacchus', but it could equally well be a rustic love scene such as that of Daphnis & Chloe. The artist is ...

The nymph Echo was in love with the beautiful youth Narcissus, who rejected her cruelly. The goddess Nemesis punished Narcissus by making him fall in love with his own reflection, seen in a pool. Echo died, leaving only her voice, & Narcissus died because his love remained unrequited. The lower of the two nymphs in the trees is probably Echo. The reclining nymph at the bottom, who was originally draped, seems to have been repainted as a nude in the 18th century. The story comes from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book 3) & was frequently painted, but this is Claude's only known treatment of the subject. It is also one of only two paintings recorded by him as having been made for an English patron who, unfortunately, has not been identified. ...