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Create your own bespoke print of Claude’s Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah (' The Mill') from our collection. About this painting Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah (' The Mill'), 1648 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1824 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...
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Patel's landscape shows the impact on Paris taste of classical landscapes arriving from Rome. It was painted shortly after the arrival in Paris of works by the neo-classical artist Claude, which belonged to the Duc de Bouillon. Patel probably never visi ...
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Two riders seek directions from a trio of peasants who point to the sunlit valley beyond. The painting is notable for its picturesque motifs: The sinewy twisting trunks of the trees & the trailing ivy growing on them, the curious rock formations, & the heavy-leafed plants languishing in the foreground. The golden evening light is exploited to create interesting juxtapositions of light & dark areas. This landscape was one of some fifteen paintings made by Rosa for Prince Giovan Carlo de' Medici, a collector & patron of the arts who invited him to Florence in 1640. It was probably painted the following year. ...
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Landscape With The Union Of Dido And Aeneas Print

For the subject see the 'Aeneid' (4: 119). Dido and Aeneas are in the cave at the right; in the sky at the left Juno, Venus and Hymen. The figures and the dogs are by the Roman painter, Carlo Maratta, and the landscape by Dughet. The picture was recorded in the Palazzo Falconieri, Rome, in 1717 where it remained until around 1800.
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For the subject see the ' Aeneid' (4: 119). Dido & Aeneas are in the cave at the right; in the sky at the left Juno, Venus & Hymen. The figures & the dogs are by the Roman painter, Carlo Maratta, & the landscape by Dughet. The picture was recorded in the Palazzo Falconieri, Rome, in 1717 where it remained until around 1800.

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