Ein Seehafen bei aufgehender Sonne,

1674

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

73 x 97,5 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal XI

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

381

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), Ein Seehafen bei aufgehender Sonne, 1674, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Y0GR58rLRX (Last updated on 13.11.2023)

A seaport is bathed in early sunlight. A boat is being loaded; travellers are sitting on the shore, waiting. The location is fictive. The building on the right, which is reminiscent of the Arch of Titus in Rome, localises the scene in antiquity. Together with ‘Idyllic Landscape at Sunset’ this work is one of three landscapes that Claude Lorrain was commissioned to paint by the Bavarian Privy Councillor Franz von Mayer. The artist has replicated a composition from 1634 (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg).